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City of Topeka
Council Action Form
Council Chambers
214 SE 8th Street
Topeka, Kansas 66603
www.topeka.org |
| | | July 11, 2017 |
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| | | | | | | | | DATE: | July 11, 2017 | | | | CONTACT PERSON: | Nick Hawkins | DOCUMENT #: | | | SECOND PARTY/SUBJECT: | | PROJECT #: | | | CATEGORY/SUBCATEGORY | 004 Budgets or Appropriations / 001 Operating Budget - City | | CIP PROJECT: | No | | | | ACTION OF COUNCIL: | | JOURNAL #: | | | | PAGE #: | |
| DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: |
ESTABLISHING a public hearing date of August 8, 2017, for the purpose of hearing and answering objections of taxpayers relating to the proposed City of Topeka 2018 Operating Budget; setting the maximum expenditure limits; and authorize the publication of the public hearing notice in the Topeka Metro Newspaper.
Voting Requirement: Majority vote of the Governing Body (6 votes).
(Approval authorizes the public hearing notice to be published in the Topeka Metro News on July 17, 2017.) | | POLICY ISSUE: | Approval would establish a public hearing date and determine the maximum amount of taxes to be levied as required by State law. Once the maximum amount is published, it cannot be exceeded. | | STAFF RECOMMENDATION: | Staff is recommending that: (1) the Governing Body move to set a public hearing date of August 8, 2017; (2) authorize publication of the public hearing notice in the Topeka Metro Newspaper on July 17, 2017; and (3) set the maximum amount of taxes levied. | | BACKGROUND: | State law requires publication of the date and time of the public hearing to consider taxpayer objections to the 2018 operating budget. The publication must include the maximum amount of taxes proposed to be levied. Once published, the amount cannot be exceeded. The budget is required to be provided to Shawnee County by August 25, 2017.
| | BUDGETARY IMPACT: | | The budgetary impact is described in the proposed 2018 budget. | | SOURCE OF FUNDING: | |
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