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67A.878 Public hearing.

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67A.878 Public hearing. A public hearing shall be held at the time and place designated in the ordinance of <br>initiation. Any person qualifying under the provisions of KRS 67A.875(7) shall preside <br>and conduct the hearing. The presiding officer shall cause reasonable notes or minutes of <br>the proceedings to be made, and they shall be submitted in writing to a subsequent <br>regularly scheduled meeting of the urban-county council of the government. Any owner <br>of property proposed to be benefited by the proposed wastewater collection project may <br>appear and be heard at the public hearing, either in person or by a duly authorized <br>representative. Any such owner of benefited property may submit to the presiding officer <br>or to the designated clerk a written instrument in which such owner of benefited property <br>is identified by name, address and designation of benefited property, and containing a <br>statement of any reason for advocating or objecting to any of the aspects of the proposed <br>project, and such written instruments shall be attached to and included in the written <br>report of the hearing. Whether or not any such written instruments are submitted, the <br>presiding officer at the public hearing may require those in attendance to execute an <br>attendance roster, to properly identify themselves as owners of benefited property or <br>representatives of the owners, and may impose reasonable rules upon the conduct of the <br>public hearing. The estimated costs of the project shall be disclosed at the public hearing, <br>or, if construction bids for construction of the project have been received, the results of <br>the bidding shall be disclosed. A report of local health agencies may be made a part of <br>the public hearing, and the government may cause distribution of informative materials <br>and summarizations of engineering and health reports to be carried out at the public <br>hearing. The public hearing may be adjourned to convene again, and from time to time <br>either at a time and place announced at the public hearing or upon public notice of the <br>time and place to be given in any manner the government may determine. Effective: March 30, 1976 <br>History: Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 371, sec. 8, effective March 30, 1976.