Spaceport funding crashes

More than $8 million will be carried onto the current budget and while it may sound like the city’s budget problems are solved, that amount is already earmarked.

The carryover reflects projects previously budgeted for or already underway and includes work paid for through the sixth-penny improvement tax and other funding methods. While the list of projects includes funding for the U.P. Depot project, city vehicle replacement and improvements on Hitching Post Drive, a $97,050 line item for the Greater Green River Intergalactic Spaceport caught the attention of a few councilmen.

“I though...