A Monday evening Washington City Council meeting focused on a 2023 audit report for the city and next steps for the upcoming budget. Although the audit was clean, Council is now looking for creative solutions to address a near 500 thousand dollar revenue shortfall. Councilman Ken Westcott says the process is just beginning and the lost revenue is mostly due to businesses leaving the area and the continuing rising costs of city pensions. He says they’ve been able to make up some ground with refinancing but are still looking at ways of finding money that will hopefully stave off a tax increase for residents.