Harrisburg is really lucky to have a citizen like Darnell Williams. Darnell dutifully attends city council and committee meetings, giving a voice to the concerns of average citizens and taking copious notes. Afterward he posts these notes on the Pennlive forums and makes them available for download. He always signs off on his notes with the line: This write up was never meant to be a “word for word” dictation of the meeting. However, the notes provide a more thorough look at the work of our city government than the coverage in any local news outlet, and it sure beats sitting through all those meetings in person!
Earlier today, Darnell posted his notes from last night’s City Council Legislative Session. Most of the proceedings looked to be pretty standard stuff, but one paragraph stuck out:
Wanda Williams will have a Mid Year Review of the City Finances on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008 at 5:15 PM. Wanda says that the City has a surplus of finds[sic] of $342,000. The Honorable Wanda Williams will give details of why at the meeting.
That one made me do a double take, and it left me wondering what’s going on with the budget in this notoriously cash-strapped city. I guess we will just have to wait until September to get to the beottom of this…
