Reardan council adopts 2021 budget

REARDAN – Unless the approved budget was an April Fool’s Day joke, Reardan is planning to be in the black this year.

Council approved an ordinance to adopt the 2021 budget with notes on two funds at its April 1 regular meeting. The town is budgeting for $1,072,783 in revenue and $808,433.42 in expenditures, a $264,349.58 difference.

The fund titled “Stimulating Summers” was closed, “having served its purposes,” so any left over funds or debt is to be transferred to the library fund.

The criminal justice fund was merged into the current expense fund, which is budgeted for $270,853 in revenue an...