Council reviews discretionary requests

The Cheney City Council held a budget workshop Nov. 1 to review a list of 27 discretionary funding requests from departments that will be included in the 2017 budget, 24 of which have already been approved.

All told, 61 discretionary funding requests were made, totaling $3,656,950 and of which, $1,359,800 will be funded in the coming year. Items selected for funding varied from $7,000 for iPads for council members to a pair of truck purchases for the light and solid waste departments.

Paying for the items utilizes a mixture of levy lid lift, departmental reserves and other taxes and fee revenu...

 

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