Budget season is once again upon us. Department heads, service organizations and City commissions and committees are carefully putting together their requests for the upcoming fiscal year. The budget process in Ellsworth takes approximately seven months to complete. It is an arduous process that begins with requests from the Finance…

We constantly hear about the problems federal and state governments have balancing their budgets in this bad economy. But what about our local government? How does the economy affect our budgets? Where do our local dollars go? Most importantly, are we living within our means?