{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-67a.878","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 67A.878","heading":"Public hearing.","body":"A public hearing shall be held at the time and place designated in the ordinance of\ninitiation.  Any person qualifying under the provisions of KRS 67A.875(7) shall preside\nand conduct the hearing.  The presiding officer shall cause reasonable notes or minu tes of\nthe proceedings to be made, and they shall be submitted in writing to a subsequent\nregularly scheduled meeting of the urban -county council of the government.  Any owner\nof property proposed to be benefited by the proposed wastewater collection proje ct may\nappear and be heard at the public hearing, either in person or by a duly authorized\nrepresentative.  Any such owner of benefited property may submit to the presiding officer\nor to the designated clerk a written instrument in which such owner of bene fited property\nis identified by name, address and designation of benefited property, and containing a\nstatement of any reason for advocating or objecting to any of the aspects of the proposed\nproject, and such written instruments shall be attached to and i ncluded in the written\nreport of the hearing.  Whether or not any such written instruments are submitted, the\npresiding officer at the public hearing may require those in attendance to execute an\nattendance roster, to properly identify themselves as owners  of benefited property or\nrepresentatives of the owners, and may impose reasonable rules upon the conduct of the\npublic hearing.  The estimated costs of the project shall be disclosed at the public hearing,\nor, if construction bids for construction of the project have been received, the results of\nthe bidding shall be disclosed.  A report of local health agencies may be made a part of\nthe public hearing, and the government may cause distribution of informative materials\nand summarizations of engineering and  health reports to be carried out at the public\nhearing.  The public hearing may be adjourned to convene again, and from time to time\neither at a time and place announced at the public hearing or upon public notice of the\ntime and place to be given in any manner the government may determine.","path":["KRS Chapter 67A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=23961","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:28Z","sha256":"e9fe5dfc5708c79f3dd5c28e8b65d116285efcf4d0c45399451318124ca1807e","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-67a.877","next":"us-ky/krs-67a.879"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}