Annual budget flier

Last night the business services committee gave guidance to Mary Ellen to reduce the annual budget flier to a post card with notification of the annual meeting and a printed web address where the budget information can be found along with district contact information. The idea is to reduce the costs of the mailing while taking advantage of the internet to provide better information to the taxpayer. Last year the printed flier was out of date by the time it reached the public (even without the postal delay!) plus it is not really possible to give complete budget information on a single sheet.

My view is that when done right this will be an improvement in the quality of the information available to the public. Admittedly there would be a downside to some in the community who rely on the printed flier but I would like to make the entire budget presentation available on request to those people.