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Budget committee agrees meeting schedule and reviews legal notice requirements
Summary
The committee set a regular meeting schedule (second Thursday) with meetings likely concentrated in May–July for budget work, discussed needing to publish notices in the hometown paper (West News) and also post notices on the city website to meet statutory timing requirements.
The committee voted to adopt a regular meeting cadence (second Thursday of each month, with the practical expectation the committee will meet more frequently in May–July while preparing the budget). The chair emphasized the need to post the agenda by statutory deadlines and to file required notices in a paper of general circulation.
Members asked whether posting on the city website would suffice; the chair said the law requires publication in a paper of general circulation but recommended also posting notices on the city website to aid transparency. The committee noted practical constraints — West News publishes weekly — and discussed the need to plan publishing dates in advance of required hearings.
The committee postponed several calendar items (adoption of the recommended calendar for budget and tax-rate hearings) to the February meeting so members have time to gather supporting invoices and documentation in advance of formal hearings.
