City approves $100M budget along party lines

Blair Yankey, The Elkhart Truth, Ind.
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Oct. 19—ELKHART — In a split vote, the City Council on Monday passed the city's 2023 budget, a spending plan that tops last year's by about $7.7 million.

The budget, totaling about $100.3 million, was split along party lines with the council's Republican members opposing the spending plan.

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