Alva Review-Courier -

Monday night the Alva City Council, Alva Utility Authority and Alva Economic Development Authority approved budgets totaling over $14 million in projected expenditures. A public hearing was held earlier this month as required by law, but no one from the public attended.

The Alva City Council approved a budget for $8,940,773 in expenditures. The Alva Utility Authority adopted a budget with $3,899,397 in expenditures. The budget approved by the Alva Economic Development Authority includes expenditures of $1,289,133.

Priorities for the budget were established during the city’s budget retreat in M...