Huntington Woods Budget, Fence Restrictions on City Commission Agenda

The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday night at City Hall.

The Huntington Woods City Commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, at City Hall. The agenda includes the following items: The meeting is open to the public, and there will be opportunities for citizen comments. The complete agenda is attached to this story as a PDF. Sign up for the Berkley-Huntington Woods Patch email newsletter to have news updates delivered directly to your inbox.

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No Layoffs, Program Cuts in Berkley Schools' New Budget

Concerns still linger about the stability of state revenue sharing.

Preview: Tax Hike, Budget on Tonight's Berkley City Council Agenda

Officials expected to ask voters for a 3-mill increase in August.

When the Berkley City Council meets tonight, it is expected to agree to place a millage increase on the August ballot as well as approve the city's operating budget for fiscal year 2012-13. A public hearing will take place before council votes on the budget.  At council's previous meeting, it heard the findings from the Berkley Citizens Advisory Committee, which recommended asking voters for an increase of 3 mills this year. The city Finance Director David Sabuda reiterated the need for more tax revenue to sustain the city’s services. The matter was tabled for this week so language could be revised to reflect the desire for one question on the millage for the August election. > Need to Know: What the Proposed Millage Increase Means for …

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'There's a Lot on the Line': Constituents Tackle National Budget Deficit

The exercise was part of a public workshop organized by U.S. Rep. Gary Peters at Berkley High School.

The Collaborative Center at Berkley High School was transformed into a mini-Washington, DC, on Tuesday night as U.S. Rep. Gary Peters (D-Bloomfield Township) asked participants in a public workshop to take a crack at solving the federal budget deficit. Approximately 155 people of various political stripes, ages and cities of residence turned out for the event hosted by Peters, who was joined by Sara Imhof of The Concord Coalition, a nonpartisan budget watchdog group based in Arlington, VA. Peters got things started by framing the gravity of the situation. During the 2011 fiscal year, he said, the United States' federal budget deficit is expected to hit $1.4 trillion dollars. Read another way: The federal deficit is expected to reach $1,400…

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Jon Awbrey

2:02 pm on Friday, July 1, 2011

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