Council continues town budget work

After several budget meetings, the Town of Whitehall is getting very close to having a final budget for the 2016-2017 fiscal year.

Mayor Dale Davis stated at a budget meeting Monday, “the goal is to get the budget closer to what is being spent.”

Davis suggested each of the Council members be assigned a page of the budget and come back to the next scheduled budget meeting, August 29, with more budget cuts.

A budget item that is not getting cut is employee wages for the six town employees. Alderman Tom Jenkin said, “You get what you pay for, if you want quality workers, you have to give them a d...