Champaign City Council will convene Tuesday night for its regularly scheduled meeting to talk about the effects the cleanup of all the snow due to inclement weather has had on the city’s budget.

The council recently approved a cut of $2 million to the city’s budget, and this winter filled with heavy storms could push an already tight budget to the brink.

Costs for overtime workers called in during the snowstorms have accumulated to over 200 percent over the budget, and costs for road salt is about 80 percent over the allotted budget.

Other items that have gone over the budget include the budget for broken mail boxes, employee meals and equipment. Snow removal costs are expected to go about $356,000 over before the end of the fiscal year.

Michael LaDue, District 2 council member, said the city has a contingency fund for which the council has made its best effort to save, even with its economic issues, for unexpected costs or revenue shortfalls during the year. The contingency fund is about $4.2 million.

“You have got to pay to do what you have got to do, which is why we have the buffer,” Tom Bruno, council member at-large said. “Whether it is a fire in the city building, something happens to a fire truck or even if we have an unexpectedly large amount of snowfall, this is why we have the fund.”

The council will hear a report from the public works department, and the money is expected to be transferred to the department’s budget.

Also, the council will review a draft of the city’s comprehensive plan, which plans out policies for growth and development during the next 20 years for the city. The comprehensive plan was last updated when the council approved a revised plan in 2002 and before that in 1992.

The city council will convene Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Champaign City Hall, 102 N. Neil St.