New Finance Director

David Scott is City of Sidney's first finance director.

The Lincoln native previously served as finance director for Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska, and comes to Sidney with a master's degree in finance from University of Nebraska.

Scott began tackling his duties Monday at City Hall.

"The No. 1 priority for the city is to clean up and reorganize their chart of accounts," Scott said. "Just make it more user-friendly for the manager and city council to read and understand their financial statements."

Creating the new position was necessary, Ed Sadler, Sidney city manager, said.

"Budgets used to...