RCW 35A.34.090
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(1)In every city, a budget message prepared by or under the direction of the city's chief administrative officer shall be submitted as a part of the preliminary budget to the city's legislative body at least sixty days before the beginning of the city's next fiscal biennium and shall contain the following:
(a)An explanation of the budget document;
(b)An outline of the recommended financial policies and programs of the city for the ensuing fiscal biennium;
(c)A statement of the relation of the recommended appropriation to such policies and programs;
(d)A statement of the reason for salient changes from the previous biennium in appropriation and revenue items; and
(e)An explanation for any recommended major changes in financial policy.
(2)Prior to the final hearing on the budget, the legislative body or a committee thereof shall schedule hearings on the budget or parts thereof, and may require the presence of department heads to give information regarding estimates and programs.
[ 1985 c 175 s 41 .]