Board cautioned ordinance updates require full advertisement and may cost $600–$800

Dec 18, 2025

Committee member warned state rules require publishing the entire ordinance (not just changed paragraphs) twice in the paper, at an estimated cost of about $600–$800, so the board should finalize edits before advertising.

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Committee member told the board that state requirements for ordinance changes mandate publishing the full ordinance text in the paper twice, not just the amended paragraph, and that doing so can be expensive. "It's very expensive because you have to have the entire thing ... so it'd be $600, $800, and it has to be advertised twice," the Committee member said, urging the board to gather all desired changes before starting the advertisement.

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