MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council is expected to discuss the city’s final 2019 budget appropriations during a finance committee meeting Tuesday night.
The first look at the numbers with Finance Director Linn Steward will come during a finance committee meeting at 5:25 p.m. in council chambers.
The budget will also be discussed during council’s caucus, which begins at 7 p.m. The budget is scheduled for a first reading and also passage on March 19.
Council approved temporary appropriations for 2019 on Dec. 18.
Among other action Tuesday, City Council is expected to:
— give a second reading on an ordinance authorizing the city to enter into contracts for engineering services related to the construction of a regional detention basin, known as the North Lake Park Dry Dam over Touby’s Run.
— approve demolition of five dilapidated properties at 112 Chester Ave., 212 S. Foster St., 266 W. 4th St., 274 Superior Ave. and 400 W. 4th St.
— honor police aide Nettie Ballard, who retired Feb. 28 after 30 years of service to the city.
— approve a contract with the Mansfield Area Y to operate the municipal pool at Liberty Park this summer.
