From the City’s website:


FY 2008 Budget Public Hearing and Work Sessions

Posted 4/30/2007


The Gaithersburg Mayor and City Council will hold a public hearing on the Proposed FY 2008 Budget on Monday, May 14, 2007. A Budget Work Session is scheduled for Tuesday, May 15. Work Sessions will also be held on Thursday, May 17 and Tuesday, May 29 if needed. The hearing and the work sessions will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 31 South Summit Avenue. They will be televised live. Check the City’s website at for schedule updates.

These sessions allow the public an opportunity to comment on the City’s proposed operating and capital budgets for the coming year. Copies of the proposed budget will be available on May 7, 2007 at Gaithersburg City Hall. The budget is available electronically below.

The Mayor and Council will vote on the finalized budget at their regular meeting on June 4, 2007. The adopted budget for FY 2008 becomes effective July 1, 2007. For more information contact City of Gaithersburg Finance Director Harold Belton at 301-258-6320.

Also from the City’s website:

City of Gaithersburg
AGENDA FOR A SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MONDAY, MAY 14, 2007, 7:30 P.M.

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. PUBLIC HEARINGS

  1. An Ordinance to Adopt the City Budget for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2007, Through June 30, 2008, and Levying an Ad Valorem Tax on all Assessable Property Within the City of Gaithersburg, Maryland

    Background Material (pdf format)
    DRAFT Budget Presentation (pdf format)
    FY 2008 Proposed Budget

  2. Public Hearing to Establish a Constant Yield Tax Rate and Proposed Property Tax Increase for the City of Gaithersburg for FY 2008
    Background Material (pdf format)

III. ADJOURNMENT

BUDGET MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

Notice to the general public is hereby given that the
Mayor and City Council of the City of Gaithersburg will
conduct the following budget work sessions in the
Council Chambers, City Hall beginning at 7:30 pm:

*Tuesday, May 15, 2007, Budget Work Session

Review of Department Budgets:
   - Office of the City Manager
   - Finance and Administration
   - Information and Technology

   - Parks, Recreation and Culture
   - Planning and Code Administration 
   - Police Department
   - Public Works Department 

Review of the City’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP)

*Depending on deliberations, some topics may be continued on the following dates:

  • Thursday, May 17, 2007, Budget Work Session (if necessary)
  • Tuesday, May 29, 2007, Budget Work Session (if necessary)
THE BUDGET WORK SESSIONS WILL BE TELEVISED
LIVE ONCABLE CHANNEL 13 AND ON THE INTERNET AT www.gaithersburgmd.gov/tv