November 5, 2009 in Washington Voices

LL council faces tight budget

New accounting software just one of many tough decisions
Nina Culver ninac@spokesman.com, (509) 927-2158
 
Tags: 2010 budget Liberty Lake City Council

There was a mish-mash of issues Tuesday at the Liberty Lake council meeting, a refreshing change from marathon meetings devoted to one main subject.

Council members asked a few preliminary questions about the budget proposed by Mayor Wendy Van Orman at the last meeting. If the pushback to a request to buy new accounting software is any indication, the budget discussion may get contentious in the coming weeks.

The city is using DOS-based accounting software that is no longer sold or supported. City staff must spend a lot of time entering information manually. Seven bids were received and BIAS Software …

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