Facing cutting costs and increasing fees to the bare minimum to reduce a $201,000 deficit, Lamesa City Council members confronted the need for more landfill space during a workshop Monday night on the 2022-2023 budget.“As you will see, I have not been able to get the numbers to zero. So there is a deficit,” said City Manager Joe Hines. “I really prefer a balanced budget.”City staff have trimmed $22,000 off the proposed budget.Hines told council members the wastewater fund has a surplus budget, but it’s the only department generating more revenue than expenditures.On top of Hines’ list of future needs ...