The Mercer Island City Council will hold its first public hearing on the 2021-2022 Preliminary Biennial Budget at its online meeting at 5 p.m. Oct. 20.

City manager Jessi Bon announced on Oct. 1 that the city staff had finalized the budget, which can be viewed in full at https://tinyurl.com/y4yzs2xj.

“Our goal with this budget is to look beyond these difficult past seven months and set the city on a more stable and future-focused course. The budget is balanced and complies with the city’s adopted budget and financial policies,” Bon said.

Any individual may appear and be heard for or against any part of the budget by either calling in or logging onto the meeting as a Zoom attendee. For more information on how to register to speak, contact the city clerk at (206) 275-7793, by email at deb.estrada@mercerisland.org, or review the city council Oct. 20 meeting at https://www.mercerisland.gov/citycouncil/page/city-council-regular-video-meeting-6.

The public can view the live feed of the video conference on the city’s YouTube Channel or on MITV Channel 21.