Budget Meeting Last Minute Time Change
Why is it that the MPRB can move a meeting that conflicts with their trip to the National Parks and Recreation Association (NRPA) Convention a month in advance Park Board Agenda but they change the date on a meeting that SHOULD be held at their headquarters building, and broadcast, regarding the 2009 budget at the last second? It is not as if this particular holiday has not been around for centuries and has been pointed out as a conflict every year. In fact I had assumed that the reason for the original movement for the 3rd meeting of the month was due to this holiday until I looked it up (the NRPA issue was discovered later).
Why is this important? This is the portion of the budget discussion where the CUTS that can happen to your neighborhood park/ rec program / fee/ permit cost etc... are sussed out by staff from the commissioners. This is the part to budgeting that the commissioners would love to make as opaque as possible. Did my commissioner vote to increase the fees on the Pride Festival in Loring Park? Well last year it was a blind e-survey that said it was okay to tinker with the fee structure for permitted events that led to this happening. Who voted to tinker with the fees... who knows? In the past it was written surveys that when requested ( yeah those pesky data requests by the public) were either tossed in the trash or anonymous.
For Immediate Release
Oct. 8, 2008
Oct. 8 MPRB meeting moved to Oct. 20
In observance of Yom Kippur, the Committee of the Whole meeting of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board scheduled for tonight, Wednesday, Oct. 8, has been rescheduled to Monday, Oct. 20. The meeting will be held from 5-7 p.m. at the Wirth Chalet at Theodore Wirth Park, Plymouth Ave. N and Wirth Parkway, Minneapolis. For more information and the meeting agenda visit www.minneapolisparks.org.
Contacts:
Dawn Sommers Public Information and Marketing Manager 612-230-6407 dsommers@minneapolisparks.org
Janell Wojtowicz Communication Specialist 612-230-6414 jwojtowicz@minneapolisparks.org