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Council debates budget priorities: fitness‑center reserve, landscape maintenance and parade safety fencing
Summary
At a Jan. 13 work session, councilmembers discussed new budget initiatives including a proposed $200,000 reserve for a fitness/aquatics center, $200,000 for landscape maintenance and recurring irrigation/maintenance funding, and $25,000 (plus about $8,000 labor) for spectator fencing at the Halloween parade; members emphasized the need for county revenue numbers before firm commitments.
The Vienna Town Council used its Jan. 13 work session to discuss a slate of proposed budget initiatives and to begin prioritizing items ahead of formal budget work sessions.
Mayor framed the conversation as preliminary, listing three priorities for discussion: a $200,000 reserve related to a proposed fitness and aquatics center; $200,000 proposed for landscape maintenance (fall cleanup, spring prep, mulching and bed care for ~18 sites); and funding for fencing to protect spectators at the Halloween parade. She said the…
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