HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-16-24 Public Comment - K. Filipovich - Bozeman City BudgetFrom:Karen Filipovich
To:Bozeman Public Comment
Subject:[EXTERNAL]Bozeman City Budget
Date:Sunday, June 16, 2024 10:44:44 AM
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Dear Commissioners:
The city budget is important foundation and reflection of our collective values and understanding of priorities for
our community. There is much to appreciate in it.
However, you have not built the relationships and trust with the citizens of this community to pass a two year
budget, much less one with such large increases in so many areas.
Please pass a one year budget and focus on a couple significant raises for core infrastructure maintenance, but not all
that is proposed this year. You are going to drive some residents who are on the margins out of their homes with this
proposed budget.
Maintain the staff positions you have through raises, rather than adding a bunch of new staff positions. You can’t fill
several of the positions you have right now, so it is difficult to see how adding more potentially unfilled positions is
going to address our challenges.
Then spend the next year listening to citizens to think harder about how to balance impact fees, different growth
projections and differing priorities.
Come back to us in a year, having built better relationships and a clearer understanding of the range of budget
solutions that will best address needs.
Sincerely,
Karen Filipovich
426 N Grand Ave
Bozeman, MT 59715