Every autumn, Council sits through several days of meetings dealing with the city budget for the next year. I must admit that my mind occasionally wanders, which this past month led, not to doodles, but to a poem. Enjoy! ("P&D" = "Planning and Development"; "PRC" = "Parks, Recreation and Culture").
Paradise Cost
From P and D to PRC
And all things in
between,
Our GMs point to
future work--
The planned and not
foreseen.
Coquitlam looks to
jobs ahead,
The projects pushed
to max.
As always, though,
the big concern
Is final hit on tax.
To balance wants with
actu'l needs--
Which voters' have to
pay--
'Tis thus a job of
great import
On which we work this
day.
So talk away and
please don't stop
Til figures do
display.
Then decide, we must,
on budget plan
That won't cause much dismay!
That won't cause much dismay!
Dedicated to Sheena MacLeod, retiring GM of Finance
And, yes, we finally wrapped up our budget deliberations this past Tuesday. I am hopeful the result "won't cause much dismay."
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