Below is a Press Advisory from Council President Lesnick with regard to a reconvened City Council meeting to consider the budget. The meeting is scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. in the City Council Chambers.
Joan Deierlein - City Clerk
CHUCK LESNICK
City Council President
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Adam H. Brill
Director of Communications
City Hall: 914-377-6064
Cell: 914-329-8152
adam.brill@yonkersNY.gov
CITY COUNCIL BUDGET CO-CHAIRS REQUEST SPECIAL MEETING ON budget
Yonkers, New York: June 19, 2009 – At the request of Yonkers City Council Budget Committee Co-Chairs Liam McLaughlin and Patricia McDow, Yonkers City Council President Chuck Lesnick is reconvening the Special Meeting of the Yonkers City Council for Saturday morning, June 20, at 9:30 a.m. in the Council Chambers at Yonkers City Hall for the purpose of voting on the operating and capital budgets, setting the tax rates, and any other resolutions necessary to implement the city budget.
Saturday’s scheduled meeting is a continuation of the Special Meeting held Tuesday, June 16. The June 16th meeting was recessed following the vote on the Mayor’s amended budget. At that time, the vote was defeated 5-2, with only Council President Lesnick and Councilmember Patricia McDow voting in the affirmative.
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