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Council closes first public hearing on home-rule expenditure limit; staff to revise publicity pamphlet
Summary
Council closed the initial public hearing on a proposed alternative expenditure limitation (home-rule) that, if approved by voters, would set the city's expenditure limit annually rather than using the state formula. Staff will revise the required publicity pamphlet and return it for auditor review and final action.
Budget and Finance Director Mark Woodfill briefed the council on the city’s request to adopt a home-rule alternative to the statewide expenditure limit. Woodfill said the statewide formula dates to 1980 and indexes spending to population and CPI; he and staff argued the formula poorly matches modern local needs and that home rule lets the city set expenditure limits annually as part of the budget process.
Council closed the first of two required public hearings on the proposed home-rule expenditure limit and asked…
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