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<p class="MsoNormal">I am forwarding a draft of the Council’s comment on the Fiscal Years 23-27 Operating and Financial Plan and FY 23 Budget. As is usual in this process, we have a clock ticking on this comment period, which closes
<u>07 February 22</u>, so the SCBO wanted to get you a draft to review as soon as it was ready. We have one more SCBO call scheduled this Wednesday morning and I will get an updated version circulated to Councilors by EOD on Wednesday.
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<p class="MsoNormal">In the meantime, if you have any questions or revisions to this draft, please feel free to share those.<o:p></o:p></p>
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