Hannah Davis
Scandia Reporter
The Scandia City Council had a long work session on Aug. 2. The discussion on solar farms returned, but the bulk of the discussion centered around the proposed budget for 2018 and the capital improvement plan, a multiyear financial plan for the city.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Budget 2018 discussion
Some of the budget discussion was over the lack of funds to run the Parks and Recreation Department.
“We charge them to run the parks, but we give them no support and no money,” Mayor Christine Maefsky said.
One possibility that was discussed was selling city lots and using the funds from the sale to fund parks and recreation. Another recommendation was to utilize 0.05 percent of a projected levy to go into the parks and recreation fund for improvements, a revenue of roughly $11,000 per year.
Maefsky also discussed introducing an increase to the City Council’s education and conference fund. Maefsky previously attended a conference with
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