Council OKs 2015 budget

With no public comment received, the Cheney City Council closed its 2015 budget hearing at its regular meeting last Tuesday night, Nov. 25, and proceeded to unanimously adopt the city’s just over $23.37 million budget for the coming fiscal year.

The council also approved by a 6-0 vote — Councilman Ryan Gaard’s absence was excused — a resolution setting new water and sewer rates for 2015. The resolution adjusts the base rate for sewer by 5 percent as well as increasing the water usage charge by a similar amount.

The council previously approved increases to some Light Department service fees and...