Airway Heights' planning budget unveiled

AIRWAY HEIGHTS – The Planning Department unveiled a comprehensive 2024 budget during the Dec. 11 City Council meeting.

Principal planner Heather Trautman began the presentation with a candid acknowledgment.

“We’re just a simple department, funded through application fees, grants and funds,” she said.

The proposed budget outlined a decrease in application-fee revenue due to factors such as water concurrency, limited available residential lands and fluctuating interest rates.

Trautman said the revenue projection had dropped from $26,000 to $16.900.

“We have heard that interest rates have made it...