Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter announced today that he will hold 8 town hall meetings to explain to the public the criteria he used in cutting city services. In addition the mayor says he wants to explain what led to projected 1 billion dollar budget gap over the next 5 years.

Meetings will be held from 7-8:30/9pm each evening. Members of the public should arrive at approximately 6:30-6:45pm. Dates and locations of the meeting are as follows:

Tuesday, November 25th
South Philadelphia High School
2101 S. Broad Street

Monday, December 1st
Kensington High School
2051 E. Cumberland Street

Tuesday, December 2nd
School of the Future
4021 Parkside Avenue

Monday, December 8th
John Perzel Community Center
2990 St. Vincent Street

Tuesday, December 9th
Roxborough Memorial Hospital
Wolcroff Auditorium
5800 Ridge Avenue

Wednesday, December 10th
Benjamin Franklin High School
550 N. Broad Street

Tuesday, December 16th
Kingsessing Recreation Center
5100 Chester Avenue

Thursday, December 18th
Martin Luther King High School
6100 Stenton Avenue

At each session Mayor Nutter will make opening remarks and run the audience through a short overview presentation and then open up for approximately an hour-long Q&A session. The Managing Director, Deputy Mayors, Finance Director Rob Dubow, Budget Director Steve Agostini, Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, Fire Commissioner Ayers, Recreation Commissioner Slawson, L&I Commissioner Burns, Streets Commissioner Tolson, and Fairmount Park Commission Executive Director Mark Focht, and other department and agency heads will all be available to answer questions.