Cheney general fund budgets previewed

Administration and Finance stable

Little is changing when it comes to the city of Cheney’s finance and administration department 2019 budgets and goals.

Finance

In a presentation at the Oct. 23 City Council meeting, Finance Director Cindy Niemeier said the department’s budget dropped about $400,000 from just over $3.82 million to $3.484 million next year. About $2.346 million of that is in funds or portions of other funds managed by Finance, with the department functions costs coming in at $1.138 million, a dip of $94,900.

Niemeier said several factors contributed to the decline. The city is c...