Tacoma City Council is scheduled to be briefed on the city’s finances during a study session next week. The briefing will include an update on the second fiscal quarter of 2012 as it relates to government utilities and the city’s general fund. Councilmembers will not take public comment during the study session, which will be held on Tues., Aug. 7 at noon in the Tacoma Municipal Building North, 733 Market St., Room 16. Audio from the session will be broadcast live on TV Tacoma and online here. On-demand audio archives are available on the Web within 24 hours of the meeting here.