KRS 67A.878: Public hearing.

A public hearing shall be held at the time and place designated in the ordinance of

initiation. Any person qualifying under the provisions of KRS 67A.875(7) shall preside

and conduct the hearing. The presiding officer shall cause reasonable notes or minu tes of

the proceedings to be made, and they shall be submitted in writing to a subsequent

regularly scheduled meeting of the urban -county council of the government. Any owner

of property proposed to be benefited by the proposed wastewater collection proje ct may

appear and be heard at the public hearing, either in person or by a duly authorized

representative. Any such owner of benefited property may submit to the presiding officer

or to the designated clerk a written instrument in which such owner of bene fited property

is identified by name, address and designation of benefited property, and containing a

statement of any reason for advocating or objecting to any of the aspects of the proposed

project, and such written instruments shall be attached to and i ncluded in the written

report of the hearing. Whether or not any such written instruments are submitted, the

presiding officer at the public hearing may require those in attendance to execute an

attendance roster, to properly identify themselves as owners of benefited property or

representatives of the owners, and may impose reasonable rules upon the conduct of the

public hearing. The estimated costs of the project shall be disclosed at the public hearing,

or, if construction bids for construction of the project have been received, the results of

the bidding shall be disclosed. A report of local health agencies may be made a part of

the public hearing, and the government may cause distribution of informative materials

and summarizations of engineering and health reports to be carried out at the public

hearing. The public hearing may be adjourned to convene again, and from time to time

either at a time and place announced at the public hearing or upon public notice of the

time and place to be given in any manner the government may determine.