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City committee supports budget revisions, water rate increase

A number of revisions to the city of Vandalia’s budget for the current fiscal year will take effect on Tuesday following a committee meeting on Tuesday.

At a meeting on Tuesday evening, the council’s personnel, finance and insurance committee also recommended that the council vote on an increase in water rates.

However, that committee ¬ – after meeting in closed session for about an hour ¬– voted not to recommend that the council consider at this time furlough days for city employees.

The committee met for about 2 ½ hours on Tuesday, with about 10 city employees and department heads present for the meeting.

Attending the meeting were committee members Larry Bennett (chairman) and Larry Cable, Alderman Chad Feldpouch, Mayor Rick Gottman, City Administrator Jimmy Morani and City Clerk Peggy Bowen.

Morani put together the budget revision recommendations in light of increasing expenditures, decreasing revenues and decreasing fund surpluses.

For the full story, see next week’s Leader-Union.

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