Mayor Discusses City Budget, Fire Plan

Welcome to our newest column "Minutes with the Mayor." In this new weekly video feature, Stamford Patch will interview Mayor Michael Pavia about the issues facing the city, what topics government boards and committees will be discussing and what scheduled events city residents need to know about.

This week, Pavia discusses the city budget for the 2011-2012 fiscal year, which was by the last week, as well as the his proposed fire plan, which seeks to combine all of the city's volunteer departments into one single entity. presented last week to the Public Safety Committee. 

The following is a list of board and commission meetings scheduled for this week, which will all take place at the unless a different location is noted:

Monday, May 9

's Education Issues Meeting, 6 p.m., 5th Floor

Board of Education's Parent Advisory Meeting, 6:45 p.m., 5th Floor, Conf. Rm. 5-N

Zoning Board Regular Meeting, 7 p.m., 7th Floor, P&Z Area

' Steering Committee Meeting, 7 p.m., 4th Floor, Democratic Caucus Room

Tuesday, May 10

Board of Representatives' Redistricting Committee Meeting, 7 p.m., 4th Floor, Democratic Caucus Room

Board of Education's Working Board Meeting, 7 p.m., 5th Floor, Board Room

Planning Board Regular Meeting, 7 p.m., 7th Floor, P&Z Area

Wednesday, May 11

NAACP Meeting, 6 p.m., 8th Floor, Conf. Rm. 8-A

Zoning Board of Appeals, 7 p.m., 4th Floor, Café

Thursday, May 12

Board of Finance Regular Meeting, 7 p.m., 4th Floor, BOF Conf. Rm.

Board of Education's PT Council Meeting, 7:30 p.m., 5th Floor, Board Room

Friday, May 13

Board of Education's Parents Meeting, 9:30 a.m., 5th Floor, Conf. Rm. 5-N

Board of Education's District Bench Assess Meeting, 10 a.m., 5th Floor Conf. Rm. 5-S