Deeper Dive: Budgets and Budget Season

Today we are taking a deeper dive into Ann Arbor's city budget. We talk about the public process; revenues, expenditures, and the challenges of budgeting in a pandemic; and end on next steps you can take if you'd like to learn more, or even get involved yourself.

Links from today's episode:
- Ann Arbor fiscal year 2020-2021 budget
- The 2/8/2021 Council work session: fiscal year 2021-2022 budget
-Michigan Municipal League one-pagers; we referenced "Adopting the Budget," "Municipal Expenditures," "Municipal Finance," and the Revenue Sharing Fact Sheet
- December 2020 community budgeting priority survey results
- Community organizers Liberate Don't Incarcerate

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