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Committee approves procedural items: budget calendar, publication locations and budget-adoption timing
Summary
The committee approved motions to set the budget calendar timing, to identify where the proposed budget is filed and to retain the budget-adoption timing in May; votes were procedural and passed by voice vote.
At the Jan. 23 meeting the Charter Review Committee approved several procedural items dealing with the budget calendar and reporting timelines.
The committee voted to place a budget calendar item requiring the budget calendar be prepared at least six months before the next fiscal year and that the calendar be available by no later than April 15. The committee also approved language specifying locations where the proposed budget must be on file for public inspection and kept the existing timing for final budget adoption in late May (with staff noting the change gives the city flexibility to schedule a special meeting if needed).
Committee members moved and seconded the motions and the measures passed by voice vote; no detailed roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript. Members emphasized the intent was to reflect current practice and provide clarity to residents and to staff about expected timelines.
Ending: The approved procedural changes will be included in the next draft of the charter amendments and brought back for final review.
