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Ordinance Committee sends fiscal‑impact proposal to public hearing after debate over scope and form
Summary
The Norwalk Ordinance Committee voted unanimously to send a draft ordinance requiring fiscal‑impact statements for many ordinances to public hearing, after members debated whether the requirement should be automatic, how to handle departmental review when the finance department is the subject, and the CFO’s role in standardizing the process.
The Norwalk Ordinance Committee voted June 21 to send a draft fiscal‑impact ordinance to public hearing after an extended discussion about scope and implementation.
Brian Candela, the city attorney, told the committee that most department heads had no substantive objections but that the chief financial officer had endorsed the concept because it would help five‑year planning. Candela said the draft would require written assessments in many cases but allow departments to state when an ordinance has no fiscal…
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