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Commission adds transparency language, tightens budget-adoption timing and approves tax/debt dashboard provision
Summary
The commission approved a requirement that the council wait at least one week after the final budget hearing before voting to adopt the budget, modernized language on execution of obligations, and added a proposed transparency dashboard for taxes and debt.
On May 27 the Lansing Charter Commission voted to modify Article VII budget provisions to require a short delay between the final budget hearing and the council’s adoption vote, to modernize language about executing financial obligations, and to add a new transparency dashboard provision.
The commission amended section 7-104 to add: “Council shall not vote to adopt the budget until at least one week after completion of the last required budget hearing.”…
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