Bloomington residents, get ready to voice your opinion on something that can hit your wallet. The city's administration is calling on the community to speak up about the proposed sewer availability charge scheduled to pop up on the city council's radar. Mark your calendars for December 2. This is when the council will meet at 6:30 PM to ponder the new ordinance that could tweak how much you're coughing up for sewer services, based on details from a recent city notice.
And how can regular folks get in on this? Bloomington has a few paths for you to get heard. You can trot over to the council meeting in person, tune in via BTV on Comcast or watch it unfold online. For those feeling chatty, the option to jabber via phone during the public hearing will be on the table, just dialing a number, punching in an access code, and hitting *3 to raise your digital hand. Details regarding the procedure are clearly outlined on the City of Bloomington announcement.
But you don't have to rush your thoughts. If laying out your take in written words in advance is more your thing, go ahead and fire off an email or leave a voicemail with your testimony no later than 2 p.m. on the meeting date. Just don't forget to drop the required details like the agenda item number, and title, along with your contact info. All the guidelines about your participation and the meeting material can be found at the official city meetings page.
For those needing to chew over more info on what they're actually discussing at this meeting, a full copy of the proposed ordinance has made its way into the public domain. Review the materials, poke around a bit, and if any questions bubble up, Glen Markegard, Planning Manager, is the go-to contact. His digits and email are sitting pretty in the notice, so hit him up if there's something you need cleared up.
