Memorandum
City of Lawrence
City Manager’s Office
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Date: |
August 7, 2008 |
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To: |
David Corliss, City Manager |
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From: |
Casey Liebst, Budget Manager |
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CC: |
Cynthia Boecker, Assistant City Manager Diane Stoddard, Assistant City Manager Jonathan Douglass, Assistant to the City Manager |
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RE: |
City Commission Items Related to Adoption of the 2009 Budget |
Please place the following items on the City Commission agenda for consideration at their August 12, 2008 meeting:
Per action taken at the July 22, 2008 City Commission meeting, notice of a public hearing to be conducted on August 12, 2008 was published on July 27, 2008 in the Lawrence Journal World. The purpose of the hearing is to answer and hear questions of taxpayers relating to the City Manager’s recommended budget. The publication of the notice of budget hearing and the accompanying budget summary establish the maximum limits of the 2009 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 2009 proposed budget. Approve 2009 City of Lawrence budget, if appropriate, by adopting Ordinance No. 8305 on first reading.
Following the provisions of KSA 79-2925b, staff recommends the adoption of an ordinance noting the necessity of appropriating/budgeting property tax revenues for 2009 in excess of that which was appropriated/budgeted for 2008.
Commission Action: Adopt on first reading, Ordinance No. 8306, if appropriate.
Utility Rate Ordinances
Ordinances adopting rates for water service, sewage disposal, and solid waste disposal as well as establishing wholesale water rates and system development charges will be provided on the City Commission agenda for August, 19, 2008.