Cheney's general fund better

While not exactly rosy, Cheney’s 2016 general fund budget is looking healthier than it has been in several years. Most of that goes to voters’ decision in November to lift the city’s levy amount to fund public safety, resulting in $436,100 in new revenue.

A smaller portion goes to an increase to the city’s overall assessed property valuation of $25.87 million, bringing the total to a couple hundred thousand dollars shy of $540 million.

A brief overview of the fund’s revenues, and four of the six departments relying on that money follows.

Revenue

The increase to the city’s assessed valuation is...