Meeker

Town of Meeker will cut expenses, dip into reserves for $1.4 million shortfall

MEEKER I Following their regular Tuesday meeting, Meeker’s Board of Trustees stayed late to consider the town’s 2021 budget. Facing an estimated shortfall of more than $1.4 million, the Town expects to dig into reserve funds during the next fiscal year, but not without making a few capital improvement sacrifices first.

The single largest item trustees and staff proposed to cut from the budget was the Meeker High School sidewalk project, for which the town had initially…