The Mt. Carmel City Council has adopted the 2018-19 budget that includes an $88,000 deficit. Before adopting the spending plan that begins a week from today, the council hosted a public hearing on the budget at which finance commissioner Joe Judge explained how the city was able to trim almost $60,000 from the preliminary budget that was presented two weeks ago….

Judge went on to explain why the city is upside down with their budget…

The total Mt. Carmel budget for the new fiscal year is $2,837,250.