The Town of Greater Napanee is giving its residents a chance to chime in virtually on upcoming budgets.
‘Let’s Talk Greater Napanee,’ its new community engagement platform provided through Bang the Table Engagement HQ. ‘Let’s Talk Greater Napanee’ is an online space for residents to share ideas, discuss important topics, provide feedback on upcoming projects, policies and planning, and contribute to the future of Greater Napanee. Residents are encouraged to visit the platform at: https://letstalkgreaternapanee.ca to register an account and begin engaging with municipal staff and other members of the community. ‘Let’s Talk Greater Napanee’ is also accessible to access through the Town’s website.
The first engagement opportunity residents have available to them via ‘Let’s Talk Greater Napanee’ is the upcoming 2022 Budget Public Consultation Session. The Town budget process changed for 2021. The new process included a long-term view for the budget to identify potential efficiencies, revenues and to provide information in advance of changes. The 2022 budget process sees the addition of consultation to add a direct public vote to the budget conversation.
The Town of Greater Napanee would like to engage with its residents before the 2022-2025 budget process. The goal of this engagement session is to provide information on property taxes, the budget process and, most importantly, to seek input from the public before ‘pen is put to paper’ in the town’s budget process. This is a new initiative by Council and staff to complement the recent change to longer-term budgeting.
The engagement session will take place Sept. 21, 2021 from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. via Zoom – please visit ‘Let’s Talk Greater Napanee’ at https://letstalkgreaternapanee.ca to register for this Zoom meeting.
Residents are encouraged to visit ‘Let’s Talk Greater Napanee’ before the meeting date to participate in a budget quick poll, and to submit any questions they have about the budget process. Town staff will be providing answers to these submitted questions during the live-streamed Consultation Session. The Town strives to be as open and transparent as possible. The addition of the ‘Let’s Talk Greater Napanee’ community engagement platform will provide staff and residents with more accessible two-way communication in a way social media cannot provide. Registering an account through ‘Let’s Talk Greater Napanee’ will help residents stay informed and have their say on upcoming future decision making processes. For more information about ‘Let’s Talk Greater Napanee’, please contact Brianna Clement at bclement@greaternapanee.com For more information on the 2022 Budget Public Consultation Session, please contact Paul Dowber at pdowber@greaternapanee.com.