Budget public hearing draws a crowd Englewood residents criticized the city council for spending money on meals and travel and suggested saving money by reducing frequency of cutting grass in the parks and sweeping the streets at the Sept. 20 public hearing on the 2011 budget. Read more on Englewood Herald

Lacey’s 2010 budget gets makeover LACEY – As the City of Lacey gears up to take its first crack at the 2011 budget, it’s tweaking this year’s budget by $ 2.5 million to account for sagging revenue, carryover projects and grant funding. Read more on The Olympian Local Briefs: Sept. 23 A compilation of news [...]

Neosho City Council to review budget draft Neosho City Council members will sit down with city administrative officials Tuesday evening to go through the numbers of a proposed budget for next fiscal year that is near bare-boned funding-wise. Read more on The Neosho Daily News

Keyser PD takes big hit in new city budget KEYSER — The Keyser City Police Department is the big loser in the city’s new budget, with law enforcement expenditures down 11 percent over the fiscal-year spending plan that ended June 30. Read more on Mineral Daily News-Tribune

HILLSBOROUGH: Budget vote delayed, pending stateâs OK Hillsboroughâs $28.1 million municipal budget still is waiting for state approval so the Township Committee continued Tuesdayâs public hearing and final vote until local officials hear back from Trenton. Read more on Hillsborough Beacon

School officers in as councilors settle budget cuts AUBURN — Councilors agreed to keep police in the city’s schools Monday as they whittled their budget cuts down from $1 million to $400,000. Read more on The Lewiston Sun Journal

Auburn Hall Friday hours survive budget ax AUBURN — City offices won’t close early on Fridays next year, councilors agreed Monday. Read more on The Lewiston Sun Journal