West Union sets a new spending plan

West Union has approved spending plans to cover this year and part of next. The small town’s 2015-16 budget in the amount of $502,076.99 was approved during a meeting last night at Town Hall. At the same meeting, without comment from the public, West Union raised its garbage pickup rates one dollar a month. Mayor Linda Oliver says funding from the town and the county will allow part-time fire fighter Ryan Saulnier to be on the job 16 hours a week. Four West Union employees will see something extra in their paychecks. Oliver says they were approved to receive three percent raises.