The City Charter, Article IV, Section 4.04, requires that the City Council set and conduct a Public Hearing on the Budget. As stated in the City Charter, notice of the Public Hearing on the Budget must be published 5-15 days prior to the hearing. Since the City will be holding public hearings in compliance with the Truth in Taxation Laws to set the tax rate, the public hearings for the City's proposed Fiscal Year 2018 budget could be held at the same City Council meetings.

It is also important to note that setting the public hearing dates for the tax rate and the fiscal year budget need to be done as separate items with the City Council taking action on each of the items separately.

I make a motion to set Tuesday, August 8, 2017, at 7:00 P.M. and Tuesday, August 22, 2017, at 7:00 P.M. at Allen City Hall, One Allen Civic Plaza, 305 Century Parkway, Allen, Texas as the dates, time, and place for the first and second Public Hearings on the City's Proposed Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Budget in accordance with Article IV, Section 4.04 of the City Charter.