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City of Bloomington, MN / The BUZZ 2023 / 12 Jul 2023
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From YouTube: Bloomington Today: The BUZZ July 12

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How to file as candidate for City Council and serve as an election judge and don’t forget to register for National Night Out.

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Thank you. Welcome to Bloomington today, I'm Emily taplin thanks for joining us. First, we bring you the Buzz for the weeks of July 12th through the 25th. Are you interested in serving your community as an elected official candidate filing for Bloomington, mayor and city council offices will be open? August 1st, through the 15th Bloomington residents, who wish to run for office, must submit an Affidavit of candidacy and a 50 filing fee at the city of bloomington's city clerk's office, located on the first floor of Civic Plaza, the city is also hiring election.

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Judges to staff its polling places for the November 7th, City and School district election judges provide a vital service to their Community. Those who are hired, receive training and are paid for their time for more information or to complete an online application visit blm.mn election dashes. The city wants your input as it works on the 2024 budget. Over the past four years, the city has taken action to make the annual budget process more transparent and accessible.

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There is a dedicated budget webpage where the public can easily access the videos of budget discussions and presentations at Council meetings. As well as the presentation, slides and documents, the city has also been using new ways to engage the public working to gather their ideas, concerns and priorities on how property tax dollars are spent. In.

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The past we would have budget events for the public that were just Standalone budget events and got very little participation from the community. So our new approach that we did last year is we went out into the community where people already were at events that were already happening.

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So events like the farmers, market and performances and music festivals and we set up a table, an information table with information about the budget, and it was a chance for us to talk to residents at events where they already were and give us feedback about the budget and also get their take on what their priorities were for City spending this year, we're bandings we're going to have 13 events and we're making a point of having them on different days of the week different times of the week different locations throughout the city.

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So it's more accessible for more people and also I'm going to be joined by city, council members and City department heads other staff. We really want to hear from residents we'd like you to come and talk to us. Let us know what your priorities are for City spending and we're looking forward to talking to you. If.

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You aren't able to participate in an in-person budget engagement opportunity. There is also an option to participate in the online budget survey on the let's talk, Bloomington page you're, invited to rank budget priorities, ask questions and leave comments. Registration for the 2023 National Night Out is open. The annual event is on for Tuesday August 1st. The goal of National Night Out is to build relationships within your neighborhoods and with local law enforcement register.

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Your block party, by following the short link listed on your screen, celebrate the cultures that make up the Latino community and the nature that connects us all: join the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, the city and Indigenous routes for a day of Music art and food. The Latino conservation week Festival is happening. Saturday July, 22nd from 1 to 5 at the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge learn more at the short link on your screen. That is the buzz on Bloomington today for the weeks of July 12th through the 25th.

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If you would like to watch other stories from the show go to this week's playlist, why are they mowing the wildflowers? We'll tell you all about the native area restoration happening across the city plus we'll break down some common mistakes. People make when it comes to separating garbage and cycling. Thanks for watching.