Washington City Council Approves Budget

December 10, 2021 4:06 am

It was not business as usual for Washington City Council on Thursday night. The voting meeting of council was held virtually once again because of the Covid-19 pandemic. City Hall has been closed for more than a week because of a recent outbreak of Covid-19 that followed the outbreak at the police department. None the less, council did approve a $15,032,714 balanced budget. That budget will not include any tax increase to city residents. Mayor Scott Putnam credited belt tightening throughout all city departments in being able to deliver this spending plan. As far as reopening City Hall, Putnam is looking at the end of next week as a possible reopening date. In other council business, parking has been eliminated on South College Street from Railroad Street to South Street. Putnam says that parked cars made turning difficult at that intersection and removing parked cars would eliminate that problem. City Hall will be closed on December 24 for Christmas and December 31 for New Years. Council will reorganize on January 3 at noon in Council Chambers.