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Manager: Budget prepares growing city for its future

Government & Politics

City Manager Marcus Jones is silhouetted against a presentation slide at the Forum Tuesday morning.

May 2, 2017

City Manager Marcus Jones brought his key budget staff along for a presentation of his proposed 2017-18 budget, which was presented to City Council Monday night.

Presentation slides are below. They are in a 34.4 MB PowerPoint file here, and in a 31.2 MB PDF file here. There were two handouts: a two-page highlights, and a four-page “Making Charlotte the Winning City” brochure.

Staff compiled answers to questions asked by City Council members May and by Forum participants at this session. The answers are here.

In the video from the live stream of this morning’s meeting, Budget Committee Chairman Greg Phipps introduces Jones at minute 11:43; Jones’ presentation begins at minute  14:08; and the Q&A runs from minute 43:55 to minute 1:18:12.

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