Sidney City Council tackles financial planning, land requests

Councilors discuss priorities as budget time nears

As the City of Sidney looks toward drafting its budget for fiscal year 2015-'16, city councilors recently announced their goals and priorities to help guide city staff in the process.

At a city council meeting Tuesday, each councilor was given an opportunity to highlight their priorities.

Many councilors said the city is already in the process of completing numerous projects and they were hesitant to begin more until the current ones are completed.

"I think prioritizing is going to be tough but pretty important," councilor Joe Arteburn said. "...