What started as a meeting to clarify its 2024 finances turned into a discussion about money concerns for Ellwood City Borough.
Borough bookkeeper Julie McKoen and Administrative Assistant Jessica Argiro warned there will be a point where expenditures outpace revenues during borough council’s finance committee meeting Monday.
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