The township clerk or other township officer charged with posting notices of the annual or special township meeting shall include in the published notice of the annual or special township meeting a statement that the matter of the expenditure of funds under this Article by the township or distribution of funds to an organization or board under that Section will be considered at the meeting if, at least 20 days before the meeting, there is filed with the township officer a written statement, signed by at least 15 voters of the township, requesting that the notice of the meeting state that the matter of the expenditure or distribution of funds under this Article will be considered at the meeting.