Hearings on city plans Tuesday<\/b><\/p>\n
The Kent City Council has scheduled public hearings for 7 p.m. Tuesday at Council chambers to take comment on the city\u2019s 2009 budget and the 2009-2014 Capital Improvement Plan.<\/p>\n
Council Chambers are located at Kent City Hall, 220 Fourth Ave. S.<\/p>\n
Residents are invited to comment about what they would like to see in the 2009 budget. The city finance department prepares a preliminary budget balancing final revenue forecasts with expenditures before the mayor sends a proposed budget to the Council. Mayor Suzette Cooke is slated to present her budget on Oct. 7 to the Council.<\/p>\n
The city conducts public hearings on its annual budget in September, October and, finally, November, before the document sees final action.<\/p>\n
Also on Tuesday residents can comment on the Capital Improvement Plan, which includes numerous projects for streets, utilities and parks.<\/p>\n
A balanced Capital Plan with updated priorities and available revenue will be incorporated into the annual budget.<\/p>\n
For more information, call the City of Kent Finance Department at 253-856-5264 or go to www.ci.kent.wa.us\/<\/p>\n
financebudget\/index.<\/p>\n
Kent firm has coat drive<\/b><\/p>\n
Sleep Country USA will have its Foster Kids Winter Coat Drive Sept. 29 through Nov. 2.<\/p>\n
The Kent-based company is collecting winter coats to help keep the more than 26,000 foster kids in Oregon and Washington warm this winter.<\/p>\n
New coats can be donated to any Sleep Country USA store and will be distributed among 20 Pacific Northwest foster care organizations.<\/p>\n
For more information about locations, use the Sleep Country store locater at www.sleep<\/p>\n
country.com.<\/p>\n
Store hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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