To: Dave Corliss
Asst. City Manager
From: Debbie Van Saun
Asst. City Manager
Re: agenda items
Date: August 4, 2004
Please place the following items on the City Commission agenda for consideration at their August 10, 2004 meeting:
Per action taken at the July 20, 2004 City Commission meeting, notice of a public hearing to be conducted on August 10, 2004 was published on July 23, 2004 in the Lawrence Journal World. The purpose of said hearing is to answer and hear questions of taxpayers relating to the proposed budget and for the purpose of considering amendments to such proposed budget. The publication of the notice of budget hearing and the accompanying budget summary establishes the maximum limits of the 2005 budget. Therefore, the City Commission may make changes, as appropriate, subsequent to the public hearing that would involve lowering, but not raising the expenditure levels of the published budget summary.
Commission Action. Conduct public hearing for 2005 proposed budget. Approve 2005 City of Lawrence budget, if appropriate, by adopting Ordinance 7816 (attached).
Following the provisions of KSA 79-2925b, staff recommends the adoption of an ordinance noting the necessity of appropriating/budgeting property tax revenues for 2005 in excess of that which was appropriated/budgeted for 2004. In addition, the ordinance cites the failure of the Kansas Legislature to fully fund revenue sources pursuant to the statutorily required formulas for the following:
¨ Local Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund
¨ City-County Revenue Sharing Fund
¨ Special Highway Fund
Commission Action. Adopt Ordinance 7817 (attached), if appropriate.