As the city of North Vernon works to finalize its 2017 budget, the city council is looking for ways to deal with a lack of revenue. During the council’s meeting Monday night, a large crowd gathered to call on the council to fully fund a request from the Senior Resource Center for $10,000. During earlier budget hearings, council members cut that amount in half. Connie Rayburn addressed the crowd…

Ford’s Crossing is the former golf course that went out of business that city officials indicated a desire to turn into a park.

Rayburn stressed that she, and all council members, think that the Senior Resource Center does excellent work. She says that it is simply a matter of making the best use out of the tax dollars available.

The city council is scheduled to go over the final numbers again on Thursday evening before making a final vote on the budget on October 11th.