Last week, the city’s finance committee kicked off the annual process of developing a budget recommendation for the next fiscal year. 
The committee, made up of Mayor Eric Haven, city council members Al Avery and Joe Luginski, Treasurer Greg Cote and Clarkston City Manager Jonathan Smith, will meet multiple times in public meetings over the next four months to meet the required deadline of presenting the draft budget in a public hearing on May 24 and final approval on June 28.