When Nashville’s Mayor John Cooper takes the podium on Thursday, he will propose how the city should spend its operating budget.

It’s been a hectic news year with the pandemic, flooding, protests and petition. So we’ll be keeping an ear out for the tone of the speech and what key moments Cooper highlights about the past year.

The speech will be hosted on Thursday at the Music City Center at 10:30 a.m. If you want to watch it will be available online or listen live on 90.3 WPLN News.

The annual address comes as the local government bounces back from a rough financial year, activists reel from MNPD killing another Black person and a petition takes aim at restricting the local government’s power.

So we want to hear from you: