Agenda - Council - 09/13/1982 - Special

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III. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION bud§et must conduct this meeting. Cilizens REQUIREMENTS of your community must have a chance to suggest uses for revenue sharin§ money. ~ The Revenue Sharing Act, as amended, These sug§estions may be made orally or in 1 requires each Stale and local government to writing. The seven-day period mentioned _take certain actions 1o encourage citizen Iinvolvement above is important because it gives adminis- in the Program. Briefly, each trative and executive officials time to government must hold two public meetings consider your suggestions before the pro- · or hearin§s before its officials decide how posed budget goes to the legislative body. ~ revenue sharin§ funds will be spent. Later, Many governments may wish to hold the notices must be published which inform proposed use hearing much earIier in the · citizens as to how the money was actually budget development process. The Office of ~ used. This section of the booklet gives an Revenue Sharing encourages this practice. explanation of these public participation ~ requirements. The Check List immediately Proposed Use Hearing Alternative · preceding this page provides handy refer- For some small governments, the cost of ence points and outlines the procedures. I Public holding the proposed use hearing may be a Notice o! Proposed Use Hearing financial burden. If the cost of space, ~'~-~'~m~ The first public meeting, furniture, equipment rentals, overtime com- l [a'~x";-:'-'"'-~';;~'" ~ called the "Proposed Use pensation, and similar direct costs, including · [ ~;~,~k;~d~ I Hearing," must be held before the costs of publication of the public notice, i~. ~_.-~L ~ a proposed budget is pre- would exceed fifteen (15) percent of the I [1~__._,_----'"1 sented to the legislative body revenue sharing money which a government '" ~_,,~-m~:z--~:~ for enactment. Your govern- expects to receive for an entitlement period, iment must advertise this meeting by pro- the Director of the Office of Revenue Sharing I riding notice to the public in a newspaper of may grant a waiver of the proposed use --general circulation. The notice must appear hearing requirements. · no later than ten (10) day~ before the date of In addition, a government does not have to · the meeting. It must include the following hold a special meeting to'comply with the information: proposed use hearing requirements. The I · Date, time and location of the meeting proposed use hearing may be part of a regularly scheduled meeting, such as a ' · Amount of unused revenue sharing monthly council meeting. However, the · money available I · Amount of revenue sharing moneyto be recipient government must still meet the public notice and timing requirements. -- received in the coming fiscal year · · A statement that the public will be given · the opportunity to make oral and written Public Notice of Budget Hearint~ suggestions regarding possible uses ofI~,,· ,, ~ ~. called the Budget Heanng, I revenue sharing funds. ~ The second public meeting, Proposed Use Hearing budge; has been presented to Your Slovernment must hold this public meeting at least seven (7) days before a bud§et including revenue sharing funds is presented for enact- ment. Government officials having responsibility for development of the your government's legislative body, but prior to its adoption. Your Sovernment must advertise this meet- ing by providing notice to the public in a newspaper which serves your community. The notice must appear in/he newspaper at least ten {10) days prior to the day of the