City Council Meets for Budget Workshop

The Sidney City Council and department managers met Aug. 17 to discuss the 2021-2022 budget.

The meeting included a presentation by City Manager David Scott on the two recent years.

“The last few fiscal year's budgets have been challenging. In fiscal years 2019 and 2020 there were large budget cuts across the board as property tax revenue was reduced due to large decreases in the city's full value determination (assessed value),” Scott said in his presentation to the council.

He added that some cuts were so deep services were reduced or eliminated.

The 2021-2022 budget is based on the assumpti...