Memorandum

City of Lawrence

City Manager’s Office

Date:	July 31, 2006
To:	David Corliss, Interim City Manager
From:	Casey Liebst, Budget Manager
CC:	Debbie Van Saun, Assistant City Manager
RE:	Public Hearing and Property Tax Ordinance

Please place the following items on the City Commission agenda for consideration at their August 8, 2006 meeting:

Public Hearing for proposed 2006 Budget

Per action taken at the July 25, 2006 City Commission meeting, notice of a public hearing to be conducted on August 8, 2005 was published on July 28, 2006 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 2007 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 2007 proposed budget. Approve 2007 City of Lawrence budget, if appropriate, by adopting Ordinance No. 8026.

Property Tax Ordinance

Following the provisions of KSA 79-2925b, staff recommends the adoption of an ordinance noting the necessity of appropriating/budgeting property tax revenues for 2007 in excess of that which was appropriated/budgeted for 2006.

Commission Action. Adopt Ordinance No. 8027, if appropriate.