Waitsburg Approves Scaled-Back Budget

WAITSBURG – Following a second public hearing and two workshop sessions, the Waitsburg City Council approved the city’s 2016 final budget at the Dec. 17 meeting. The 2016 budget of $1.75 million shaved more than $1 million off of last year’s $2.8 million budget.

Waitsburg City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe said the drop in expenditures is mostly because there are no large capital projects slated for 2016.

“We’ll replace a few small sections of water line, some storm line, some sidewalks, and just a lot of little projects,” Hinchliffe said. “It’s nothing like replacing the Main Street water li...