ML council swings into budgeting

This time of year has football, basketball and hockey seasons. It’s also holiday season of course.

And for places like the city of Medical Lake, it’s the start of budget season, as was the case at the Nov. 6 City Council meeting. Along with regular business, this meeting marked the first of two public hearings for the proposed 2019 city expenditures.

City Administrator, Doug Ross said the city expects to spend $3.394 million in 2019, compared to $3.255 million in 2018. Another opportunity for residents to chime in on 2019 will occur at the Nov. 20 council meeting, despite the budget being due...