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Huntington council reviews draft budget, debates salt stockpile, code enforcement and transparency
Summary
At a Saturday work session the Huntington City Council signaled broad support for the administration’s draft budget but debated whether to add funding for storm response (more salt and equipment), questioned code-enforcement capacity for sidewalk clearing, and asked for department heads at Monday’s public hearing for line-item review.
Huntington — The City Council opened a work session Saturday to review the administration’s proposed annual budget, during which members praised the plan’s clarity but raised specific concerns about sidewalk enforcement after the recent ice storm, whether to increase salt and equipment funding for public works, and requests for greater transparency and department-head participation at the upcoming public hearing.
The chair said amendments could be proposed at the session or at Monday’s public hearing and noted the administration had made budget documents available in advance. "We can work out amendments, propose any amendments today," the chair told colleagues, adding that the administration had posted budget information online as part of transparency efforts.
Miss Rumbaugh, who opened the council’s round of comments, praised the timing of the budget release and said that few public complaints suggested the proposal was well…
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