City Manager Carter Napier: "I appreciate that you're all buckled in for a long discussion. I want you to feel comfortable that as we go through this information you can ask whatever questions you'd like and whatever additional information you need, because that's why we're here. We're here to help you understand the broad context of the budget and what it is that ultimately I hope you'll approve in the second meeting in June, which means that once we're at that point we're pretty much at a point of no return as far as passing the budget goes."
