Council holds final reading and approval of 2023 budget

CHENEY – Council votes unanimously to approve 2023 budget on Tuesday Dec. 13. The third and final public hearing and reading took place at the meeting, as well as a reading of the amendments to the budget.

Approved discretionary requests for the police department included two new patrol cars, the drone equipment and training program, and a digital fingerprint scanning system.

Parks & Recreation received approval for a replacement deicer unit and a new director for the department.

City administrator Mark Schuller said “We don’t yet have someone for the position, so we will have a full recruitme...