Get out your shears.

After last week directing city staff to prepare a budget that cuts back $141,500 on general fund spending while increasing debt levy spending $510,600, the Jordan City Council is set to face a public hearing on its proposed 14 percent increase in the amount of revenue garnered from taxpayers.

If a $225,000 budget cut proposed by the council passes next month, the city will have trimmed its budget and tax levy each to about $3.1 million.

A Truth in Taxation public hearing is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1, during a regular city council meeting at the Jordan Government Center, 210 E. First St. downtown.

The council's final decision on its budget and tax levy is due this month.

Read the full story in the Nov. 27 issue of the Jordan Independent, attend the public hearing, or share your ideas in the online forum called Fat in the City Budget or with the online groups Just One Vote For Jordan and Government Observers.