Subsequent to the filing of the proposed budget statement, the governing body shall conduct a public hearing on the proposed budget statement. Notice of the place and time of the said hearing, as well as a copy of the proposed budget, shall be published at least five days prior to the date set for the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. After such hearing, the statement shall be adopted, or amended, and adopted as amended, and a written record shall be made of such hearing. If the adopted budget statement reflects a change from that shown in the published proposed budget statement, a summary of such changes shall be published within 20 days after its adoption.
(2005 Code, § 1-903)