{"id":53047,"date":"2026-08-19T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T11:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/?p=53047"},"modified":"2026-08-18T14:40:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:40:38","slug":"council-member-travel-dominates-city-budget-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/?p=53047","title":{"rendered":"Council member travel $$$ dominates city budget talks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-19-City-new-water-filters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-19-City-new-water-filters.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-19-City-new-water-filters.jpg 496w, https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-19-City-new-water-filters-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Budget discussions at the city\u2019s Aug. 11 meeting touched on a budget amendment allowing for $62,708 annual payments on a low-interest loan for new granulated activated carbon filters installed in 2024-25 at the city\u2019s water treatment plant. The filters (above) remove organic chemicals that can react with chlorine to form disinfectant byproducts (DBPs).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A $3,000 budget line item for council member travel and per diem to attend out-of-town meetings dominated discussion Tuesday, Aug. 11, as the Perry City Council continued work on its proposed 2026-27 budget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A $3,000 budget line item for council member travel and per diem to attend out-of-town meetings dominated discussion Tuesday, Aug. 11, as the Perry City Council continued work on its proposed 2026-27 budget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[241,265],"class_list":["post-53047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-budget","tag-perry-city-council"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53047"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53049,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53047\/revisions\/53049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}