The Dunedin City Council will today begin three days of hearings to consider more than 900 submissions from the public on its activities for the next financial year.
The first two days are set to last almost 11 hours.
At this time each year, community boards, organisations, committees and members of the public arrive to tell the council what it is doing wrong, very occasionally what it is doing right, where it should be spending its money and where it should not.
Groups working in the community come to argue for continuation of their funding, and others bring new ideas for projects they think will benefit the city.
The total of 953 submissions this year is the second highest recorded, though 400 pro forma submissions calling for the permanent closure of part of John Wilson Ocean Dr have pushed the number up.
To ctr for about 150 people who want to speak to their submissions, the hearing will run from 9am until 7.30pm today and tomorrow.
Crs Fliss Butcher, Neil Collins and Colin Weatherall are unable to attend.
