In years past, the annual budget process for Cheney Finance Director Cindy Niemeier has been stormy, particularly when it comes to revenues, which haven’t been all that great lately.
This year, there is much more of a sense of calm. The city is not flush with cash by any means, City Administrator Mark Schuller said, but neither is there a need to drastically sharpen departments’ budgeting pencils and look for spare change in departmental sofa cushions.
“I can’t remember the last time we were able to fund discretionary requests,” Niemeier said. “It’s good for the departments, it’s good for mora...
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