 Yesterday, council members adopted the budget, which totals almost $279 million, up from the current amount of more than $258 million. Finance Director Mark Woodfield told council something new has been added to the budget. This is the first year for the approved expenditure list, and this was a way for council to look at items during the budget process, make a decision, then allow staff to move forward and start providing services to citizens based on those expenditures without having to bring them back.