Due to strong sales tax collections and prudent budgeting, the City of Alexander City is $352,000 in the black and finance director Sandy Stanbrough said she remains hopeful the city will break even by the time the fiscal year ends in three months.

“I feel optimistic it’ll be down to breaking even,” Stanbrough said after giving June’s financial report to the city council at Monday’s meeting. “It’s a pleasant situation. I know we have department heads and superintendents who are being good stewards of our finances and there is a concerted effort to get the city into a fiscally sound position.”