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citizens a reasonable opportunity to be heard. The council may revise the budgets but se an amendment to the budget shall may not increase the authorized expenditures to an amount greater than the estimated income revenues. The council _ _ . _ _ _ _ - - _ _ - _ _ _ • - The budget resolution must show the total for each budgeted fund and each department with such segregation as to objects and purposes of expenditures as the council deems necessary for purposes of budget control. The council shall must also adopt a resolution levying the amount of taxes necessary to provide the revenues for the budgeted expenditures in the next ensuing fiscal year. •e a •n the b..aget-aset The clerk-administrator shall must certify the tax resolution to the county auditor in accordance with state law. The sums fixed in the budget resolution are appropriated for the purposes identified in the budget resolution. Subd. 2. - - - - ' - •- - - - - - - - _ fiscal P17 Prior to adoption of the budget a summary shall-be-give= in theity c --J newsletter-s-is-etraft-f-eprar of the budget must be published in the city newsletter or the official newspaper.18 gush The summary shall be cct forth must be in language and form designed to be readily understood by the laypersen tax payers asel-shall The summary must provide appropriate supporting information as to the necessity for any increase in the total budget on the total for the current fiscal year. hut Failure to _ • - •- - - = = - - • •••• - • publish the summary will not invalidate the budget.19 16The timing of the adoption of the budget and the public hearing requirements are completely controlled by state law. Minnesota Statutes, Section 275.065, the "Truth in Taxation" law. 17The City Council has requested the removal of the two- week prior publication of the summary because of scheduling difficulties in publishing the newsletter. D3143658 5 MU125-16