Upon receipt of such estimate the City Commission shall prepare an appropriation ordinance in such form as may be prescribed by ordinance or resolution. Before finally acting upon such tentative appropriation the City Commission shall fix a time and place for holding public hearings upon the tentative appropriation, and shall give public notice of such hearings. Prior to the scheduled public hearings, the City Commission shall cause the recommendations of the City Manager to be published in a newspaper of general circulation. The City Commission shall not pass the appropriation ordinance until 5 days after publication of the City Manager's recommendations, nor before the second Monday in January of each budget year.
(Amended 11-7-89)