Edmonds CityCouncilmember Diane Buckshnis is hosting a series of town hall-style meetings in October, in three different Edmonds neighborhoods.
“When the 2023 budget becomes available from Mayor Nelson, it seems like a good time to check in with residents and hear about their concerns and suggestions,” Buckshnis said.
All are invited to attend and discuss the budget or anything else on their mind.
Here’s the schedule:
Monday, Oct. 10, 6-8 p.m. at Edmonds Waterfront Center upstairs in Community Room B; 220 Railroad Ave., Edmonds
Thursday, Oct. 20, 5-7 p.m. at Mel and Mia’s in Perrinville; 7530 Olympic View Dr., Edmonds
Monday, Oct. 24, 6-8 p.m. at Edmonds Lutheran Church fellowship hall; 23525 84th Ave. W., Edmonds
For more information, contact Buckshnis at diane.buckshnis@edmondswa.gov or at 425-275-7695.
Thank you CM Buckshnis!! We do need more public discussion about the budget. We will never have enough $ to do all the things folks have suggested. Our input will help Council sort out how the citizens prioritize spending our scarce dollars.
Hopefully it is understood that the type of folks who might be available to attend these, which are all 3 on school nights at dinner time, are not necessarily a representative sample of the views of our residences. Are there other mechanisms for council to solicit quality and quantity feedback?
Thank you, CM Buckshnis, for your dedication to Edmonds and citizens!
Good point, Chris. Perhaps Councilmember Buckshnis could add one more date and time that might work or adjust the time for one of the meetings.
Thank you, Diane, for putting on these town halls. So important to gather citizen input. Some of the “surveys” soliciting citizen input that have recently been disseminated are sorely lacking in information gathering ability and fairness.
Lynne Chelius
Good on you for doing this Diane. I put all three meetings on my calendar with the plan to get to at least one of them if at all possible. It seems like this three shot approach should give any “type of folks” living anywhere in town at least one opportunity to make their views known to you, if they really want to. Otherwise one is always free to send emails to you and your fellow members just about anytime.
Personally, I would love to see some sort of routine mechanism of give and take town hall communication like this actually built into our town governing system. Our three minute limited comment system during meetings already over packed with business, old and new, is simply not adequate for the public to be properly heard or viewpoints considered. I don’t think our current general governing system can stand much longer, but I definitely admire and respect those of you working so hard to try to make it work. Thank You.