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 White Plains, NY - The three top budget officials for Westchester County will discuss the proposed 2009 County budget at an informational public meeting sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Westchester on Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 1 p.m. at the White Plains Public Library, 100 Martine Avenue in White Plains.
The county officials are Budget Director Ann Reasoner, First Deputy Budget Director John J. Delaney, and Deputy Budget Director Arthur Vietro.
Mindful of the recessionary economy, the Budget Director and deputies will describe how the fiscal decisions determining the proposed budget would affect social services, environmental programs, housing, transportation, the MTA and, inevitably, taxes. They will also discuss the impacts of this proposed budget on contract agencies.
A question and answer period will follow the presentation. Then, the public meeting will adjourn and members of the League of Women Voters will reconvene to come to consensus on the proposed budget. This consensus will form the basis of a public statement by the League on the budget proposals.
According to the mandate of the Westchester County Charter, the operating budget must be presented by the County Executive to the Board of Legislators and made public by November 15. After discussion, public hearings, subtractions and additions, the Legislature is required by law to pass the budget by December 27.
For further information on the November 20 event, please call League Budget Chair Barbara Strauss, 725-1713, or the League office, 949-0507. Additional information is available on the LWV of Westchester website at www.LWVwestchester.org.
The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan grassroots organization open to all citizens of voting age. The League promotes informed and active citizen participation in government.
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