Columbia’s city manager will now deliver budget address on July 25

The Columbia city manager’s budget address is being delayed two weeks.

City spokeswoman Sydney Olsen says city manager De’Carlon Seewood’s budget address will be delivered on Thursday July 25, instead of the original July 11 date at city hall. Ms. Olsen tells 939 the Eagle that Mr. Seewood wanted to have the most up-to-date numbers, before he presents the budget to the city council at a July 29^th work session. You’re invited to attend the noon briefing on the 25^th.

Columbia’s current operating budget is $533-million, which included $10-million in pay raises for the city’s 1,500 city employees. City employee compensation has been one of Mr. Seewood’s top priorities. He tells 939 the Eagle it’s linked with the recruitment and retention of city employees,