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III. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION I REQUIREMENTS I The Revenue Sharing Act, amended, requires each State and local government to ruth'!ce certain actions to encourage citizen ~i'~ 'c,t"~:;e:-;t in ~he Program. Briefly, each · :.vei'nlaent must hold two public meetings Ior hearings before its officials decide how revenue sharing funds will be spent. Later, nc~lices must be publiahed which inform Ici~izens as to lmw the money was aCtually rs:cd. This section of the bool-:let gives an explanation of these public participation irequlrements. The Check List immediately preceding this page provides handy refer- ence points and oullines the procedures. IPublic Notice of Proposed Use Hearing ' tailed the "Proposed Use Hearing," must be held before ih. F=-~-~-~-~ a proposed~~~ budget is pre- sented to the legisIative body for enactment. Your govern- iment must advertise this meeting bY pro- viding notice to the public in a newspaper of general circulation. The notice must appear ~no later than ten (10)' dayo before the date of the meeting. It must include the following information: budget must conduct this meeting. Citizens of your community must have a chance to suggest uses for revenue sharing money. These suggestions may be made orally or in writing. The seven-day period mentioned above is important because it ~ives adminis- trative antl executive officia!~ ~i~a-~e to consider your suggestions before the pro- posed budget goes to the legislative body. Many governments may wish to hold the proposed u~e hearing much earlier in the budget development proce~. The Office of o .., ~.~rmg encourages this practice. Proposed Use Hearing Alternative For some small governments, the cost of holding the proposed use hearing may be a financial burden. If the cost of space, furniture, equipment rentals, overtime com- pensation, and similar direct costs, including the costs of pubIication of the public notice, would exceed' fifteen (15) percent of the revenue sharing money which a government expects to receive for an entitlement period, the Director of the Office of Revenue Sharing may grant a waiver of the proposed use hearing requirements. In addition,.a government does not have to hold a special meeting to comply with the proposed use hearing requirements. The I· Date, time and location of the meeting proposed use hearing may be part of a · Amount of unused revenue sharing regularly scheduled meeting, such as a money available monthly council meeting. However, the I recipient government must still meet the · Amount of revenue sharing money to be public notice and timing requirements. i Proposed Use Public Notice of Budget Hearing The second public meeting, called the "Budget Hearing," must be held after a proposed budget has been presented to your government's legislative body, but prior to its adoption. Your government must advertise this meet- ing by providing notice to the public in a newspaper which serves your community. The notice must appear in the newspaper at least ten (10) days prior to the day of the having responsibility for development received in the coming fiscal year · A statement that the public will be given the opportunity to make oral and written suggestions regarding possible uses of revenue sharing funds. Hearing Your government must hold this public meeting at least seven (7) days before a budget including revenue sharing funds is presented for enact- ment. Government officials the 2