ML council gets snippet of budget

The Medical Lake City Council got a preview of the city's 2017 budget at a workshop before its Sept. 20 meeting.

For the city of Medical Lake, this year's budget resembles ones from previous years - a couple of expenses and consistent revenues.

"When you don't have a lot of money coming in, you tend to not spend more than what you get," City Administrator Doug Ross said in a Sept. 22 interview.

Ross and Mayor John Higgins held the workshop as a way to give council the city's priorities for the budget, as well as hear their feedback and ideas they may have.

One of the major expenses for next ye...