(1) If the contractor and the department desire to increase the number of program participants over the number for which the department initially contracts, the department shall conduct a public hearing in the city or county in which the center is situated. The department shall conduct the hearing in conformity with Title 2, chapter 3, MCA.

(2) A resolution in support of the expansion by the applicable governing body of the community in which the facility is located must accompany any proposed expansion contemplated in (1).