Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Dr. Carol Berz welcomes participants to the conference. The Chattanooga Mayor’s Statewide Women’s Policy Conference was held at the Westin on February 7, 2020.The Chattanooga City Council has postponed the second vote for the proposed 2021-22 budget because of a lack of proper public notice.
The council postponed the vote, initially scheduled for Tuesday, to take place at 6 p.m. on Sept. 28.
Finance Committee Chairwoman Carol Berz said during the council’s agenda session Tuesday that a clerical error in the city’s notification process meant the final budget vote needed to be held later than planned, to allow for a new public hearing.
“When we began our budget hearings, we began with the employee compensation plan, the very first thing we did,” Berz said. “We talked about taxes … and we talked about all sorts of details. This stuff was in the paper, it was on the internet. All the information was put forward.”
But the Tennessee Board of Equalization received a complaint about the city’s process.