Draft budget fully funds organizations

Green River’s draft budget calls on the city fully funding requests made by community organizations, should the budget remain unchanged when the city council adopts it next month.

The city’s fiscal year starts July 1 and ends June 30. The council is in the process of revising the budget. The council appears poised to approve the requests, as meetings to allow representatives of those organizations to speak with the Council in person have been cancelled.

“We’re in a much better position than we were last year,” Mayor Pete Rust said.

Rust said the city’s finance committee continue...