Council extends old budget again

Bessemer's City Council, after blabbering endlessly tonight about minor items, finally realized that it was supposed to approve the 2010 budget, albeit nearly five months late.

The subject came up because the city could not pay its bills.

So the council extended the 2009 budget until Feb. 16 in hopes of getting some questions answered next Tuesday so that it can approve the $35.5 million spending plan.

—Tribune staff report