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Budget Time in Lincoln

It's budget time in Lincoln and its Mayor says a major street project could be the next big domino to fall for things they are planning.

 

For many years, the City of Lincoln has seen Fifth Street on the community's west side as a spot for major improvement. Mayor Tracy Welch says it's always about being prudent with the tax dollars that supply them with the funds to operate.

 

 

As the City looks forward to getting Fifth Street renovated and providing a better route for travel on that side of the community, Mayor Welch says they are starting to make a lot of progress in that effort and foresees it becoming a  hot topic very soon.

 

 

Mayor Welch also points to adjustments in how the City of Lincoln has handled purchases like police vehicles. He explains they used to run those vehicles until they couldn't run anymore but they found that to be more expensive than just replacing them after a certain amount of time.

 

 

Mayor Welch explains that the City Administrator sits down with all the department heads and hashes out budgets for each department and the $20-plus million City budget gets brought to the Council for approval. 

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