Fire, water head up priorities

The seasons are changing.

Summer becomes fall. Baseball winds down, football ramps up.

It's also time for a season most people seldom paid attention to until its impacts are felt later.

Yes, it's budget season, and it begins with Cheney department heads scrambling to collect yearly numbers, gather input from staff and council members and assemble it into a form painting a picture of what the city needs, wants and most importantly, can afford.

City Administrator Mark Schuller sees several issues in 2018: rebuilding reserves, replacing the fire department's No. 1 attack engine and dealing with C...

 

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