Notice of Public Hearing

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FINANCE COMMITTEE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

A Public Hearing on the following proposed Ordinances will be held before the Finance Committee on Thursday, December 4, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. Council Chambers, 869 Park Avenue, Cranston, RI. pursuant to Section 3.12 of the Charter.

Complete copies of the proposed Ordinances are available for public review at the City Clerk’s Office and the Cranston Central Library and can be viewed on the City’s website cranstonri.com under calendar by clicking on the meeting date.

“Individuals requesting interpreter services for the deaf or hard of hearing must notify the City Clerk’s Office at 461-1000 ext. 3197 seventy-two (72) hours in advance of the hearing date.”

Steven A. Stycos, Chair Maria Medeiros Wall, JD

Finance Committee City Clerk

PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 11-14-01 IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 3.04, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CRANSTON, 2005, ENTITLED “FISCAL PROVISIONS” (Ordinance Fiscal Notes)

It is ordained by the City Council of the City of Cranston as follows:

SECTION 1: Title 3.04.030 Entitled - Fiscal note to be attached to certain ordinances and resolutions shall be amended as follows:

All ordinances and resolutions having an effect on the revenues, expenditures or fiscal liability of the city, except appropriation measures carrying specific dollar amounts, shall be accompanied by a brief explanatory statement or note which sets forth the estimated dollar effect thereof. Such statements or notes shall be [known as] titled as “fiscal notes,” and they shall be inserted at the end of each such ordinance or resolution prior to consideration of the council.

Fiscal notes shall be prepared mathematically correct and, wherever possible, cite effect in dollar amounts for the current fiscal year and for the next succeeding two fiscal years. The impact cited for each fiscal year shall reflect the total amount of change from the unaffected base period. Fiscal notes shall cite all budgetary line items impacted in such format with annual totals, cumulative three year totals and annual incremental year over year totals, and shall be prepared in a format as set forth in the attached exhibit. No comment or opinion relative to merits of the bill shall be included, except that technical or mechanical defects may be noted.

Fiscal notes shall be requested by the members of a committee upon receipt by the committee of any ordinance or resolution.

Requests shall be in such form and substance as may be required by the members of any committee, and shall be made to the director of finance, who shall determine the department or departments affected by such ordinance or resolution. The director of finance shall then be responsible, in cooperation with such department or departments, for the preparation of the fiscal note.

SECTION 2: This ordinance shall take effect upon its final adoption.

Sponsored by Councilman Stycos

11/27/14

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