City To Host Public Meeting Regarding FY2021-22 Budget With West Hollywood City Council Finance & Budget Subcommittee

Press release from the City of West Hollywood:

April 26, 2021

Community members are invited to learn about the City’s budget projections for Fiscal Year 2021-22, including the impacts to revenues from COVID-19 health-related restrictions on travel and business operations, at an upcoming virtual public meeting with the West Hollywood City Council Finance & Budget Subcommittee.

The Finance & Budget Subcommittee meeting will take place on Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 5 p.m. via Zoom teleconference and it will be livestreamed on the City’s YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/wehotv. The meeting is free and open to the public; public comment is welcome. The meeting agenda and staff report can be found at www.weho.org/councilagendas under the “Finance & Budget Subcommittee” section. To provide public comment, please follow dial-in instructions on the first page of the meeting agenda.

The Finance & Budget Subcommittee, comprising the City’s Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore, reviews the City budget before its adoption by the full Council. The Subcommittee will discuss the budget outlook in relationship to City priorities. Additionally, this subcommittee may provide direction on matters relating to public safety, homelessness, capital projects, and other budget topics that span multiple years.

As a part of the Finance & Budget Subcommittee meeting, City of West Hollywood staff will present a staff report recapping the FY2020-21 budget. This will include an overview about how COVID-19 restrictions continue to impact City revenues, related cost-saving measures, summary of the mid-year budget position, and items for discussion and next steps.

The City of West Hollywood’s Open Data portal includes a page dedicated to the City Budget at http://budget.weho.org. The portal provides easily accessible information about budgeted City revenues and expenditures in a user-friendly format.

For more information about the Finance & Budget Subcommittee meeting, please contact Christine Safriet, City of West Hollywood Senior Management Analyst, at (323) 848-6467 or at csafriet@weho.org. For people who are Deaf or hard of hearing, please call TTY (323) 848-6496.

The City of West Hollywood has declared a local emergency in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Individuals are advised to stay at home as much as possible and limit close interactions to those in your household. When in public, community members should maintain your space with social (physical) distancing of at least six feet, and cover your face. Public Health officials recommend that everyone, even those who are vaccinated, to continue to follow physical distancing and infection control directives and wear a clean face covering that securely covers both your nose and mouth when in in public.

This press release was produced by the City of West Hollywood. The views expressed here are the author’s own.