While they didn’t make any final decisions, the Sedalia City Council agreed to several new expenditures in its Fiscal Year 2014 budget during a work session Monday.
Last week city administrator Gary Edwards told council the city was facing an approximate $1.8 million shortfall between revenue and expenses. New figures show that number has gone down to about $845,000, thanks to an “infusion of cash” coming from a cemetery fund transfer and the railroad totaling $650,000.
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