Developing registry of all inquiries with citizens related to infrastructure and public work issues

2. Establishing a team to assess the problems according to specific criteria

3. Public discussion on investment sites in Montana for the current year

4. Announcing the priorities of the budget year

5. Report on the implementation through the mass media

It has been the fifth year in succession that Municipality of Montana jointly with the cooperation of the media , non - governmental organizations and branch unions , organized a wide publicity of its investment policy referring to the budgetary year . It has been developed on the base of recommendations submitted by as follows :

- citizens, who were employed by the municipality during the previous year;

- organized public discussions ,

- offices within neighborhoods and settlements;

- meetings with representatives of sub - budgetary distributing units;

- local entrepreneurs .

In the process of identifying the priority infrastructure and public works projects , clear and well - defined and preliminarily announced criteria were used . The most important of these are as follows :

- Received co-funding

- Solution to problem of more than 100 people;

- improve investment opportunities;

- create better environment in schools and provide opportunities for alternative youth activities

- improve ecological environment;

- already established underground communications;

- Ensure citizens safety.

As a result of the publicity and the responsibilities undertaken and implemented during recent years by the management, the willingness of citizens to actually participate in government has increased . On the other hand the municipal team had big expectations referring to development of various sites in one calendar year and within a limited investment budget .

A committee of experts and municipal councilors was established to submit a list of sites to be included in the investment policy of the municipality for the year 2004 at a session of the Municipal council .

One of the main problems of Montana was the reconstruction of street pavement according to an inquiry made for the citizens . It is understandable that reconstruction sites in the field planned to be implemented within this year attracted greatest interest among the population . In order to receive the needed support the municipal team had to announce and motivate the criteria under which this list of construction sites has been developed: why those sites and why now ? This was performed through mass media announcements, public meetings and publications .

In the course of the work the following additional priorities were identified :

- repair of street lights;

- water supply of two settlements;

- construction of skateboard playground;

- reconstruction of city parks;

- repair of schools and kindergartens .

- Citizens became more involved in municipal work ;

- Confidence in the local authority was increased ;

- The interest towards municipal work increased;

- Local business supported the plans and actions of the municipality;

- Expectations of citizens from the municipality has grown up , therefore started searching for alternative funding sources like donor programs , credit lines and share loans .

- In order to justify confidence various forms of preventive and current control over the financial activities of the municipality , namely those in the field of investment policy , were implemented .