Town budget adopted, senior meals cut back

Odessa’s town council voted to approve a budget of $1,579,553 at their December 12 meeting. Council members have been working on the budget for approximately three months.

Mayor Doug Plinski distributed a letter from Okanogan County, providers of Odessa’s senior meals program. The letter stated that, due to reductions in funding and declining attendance at the meals, the program would be reduced to two days per week beginning in 2012. Okanogan County requested the council to approve reduced rent of the facilities at Old Town Hall to coincide with the reduced meals. The program providers stated...