The City of Philadelphia will stream live video of this afternoon’s PhillyStat meeting on the the public feedback the city has received on the current budget crisis. A portion of it will include a a briefing from Chris Satullo and Harris Sokoloff the organizers of 4 citizen budget workshops held last month to the mayor and top city officials.  Satullo is executive director of news and civic dialog at WHYY, and Sokoloff directs the Penn Project for Civic Engagement.

City officials will also hear updates from a recent citizen survey by PEW, a questionnaire of the City’s workforce, meetings with stakeholders and “kitchen table” discussions the city held with citizens from across the City. The Administration will use the feedback and input from these events as it develops the City’s budget and five year plan.

You can watch the briefing live at 3 p.m. on the city’s website

Channel 64 video feed

It will also be shown live on Channel 64 with a rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

Powerpoint that will be used today to illustrate the budget workshop findings (ppt)

22 page Final Report on the 4 budget workshops (pdf)

Radio interview of Mayor Nutter on results (mp3)

WHO: Mayor Michael Nutter
Members of City Council (invited)
Chris Satullo and Harris Sokolov, Penn Project for Civic Engagement
Larry Eichel, PEW
Managing Director Camille Barnett
Chief of Staff Clay Armbrister
Finance Director Rob Dubow
Budget Director Stephen Agostini
Deputy Mayor for Transportation Rina Cutler
Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Everett Gillison
Deputy Mayor for Health and Opportunity Don Schwarz
Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Andrew Altman

WHEN: Wednesday | March 4, 2009 | 3pm – 5pm

WHERE: 1450 MSB | 15th and JFK
Note: this session is open to the public but seating is limited