Budget Notice Requirements

The city clerk is required to publish a Class 1 notice, under ch. 985, Stats., the notice is a budget summary in the form prescribed by the manager and by sec. 65.90(3)(b), Stats. The notice has to indicate where the proposed budget in detail is available for public inspection and the time and place at which a public hearing on the proposed budget is to be conducted. The council has to hold a public hearing on the proposed budget within 15 days of the published notice. Following the public hearing the proposed budget may be changed without the requirement of a two-thirds vote as provided under sec. 65.90(5)(a), Stats.