The Hedley City Council met in regular session February 8 as officials continued steps to move the city’s fiscal year in line most other local governments.
Hedley has historically run a budget year from July through June, but the city recently moved to the more common October 1 through September 30 calendar. As part of that, the council gave consideration last week to a new budget to cover fiscal year 2024.
Karen Watt spoke in open forum about concerns she had with the proposed budget and said there was not enough information to support the budget.
The council later unanimously approved the proposed budget.
Ordinance 160 was also discussed and approved. The new measure allows the city to remove a water meter after the account is 60 days past due.
The council also voted to attempt to renegotiate existing loans the city has.
Aldermen considered adopting a policy of no longer taking cash in the office. A motion to approve the “no cash” policy failed to get a second, but at a called meeting on Monday, the council did approve the policy.
Payments at Hedley City Hall can now be only made by draft, money order, or check. City officials will be looking into taking debit and credit cards.
Also at Monday’s called meeting, the council approved calling an election this May for the mayor and two aldermen’s positions.
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