The Bellingham Budget Advisory Committee is looking into privatizing some city services such as the Arne Hanna Aquatic Center and the Bayview Cemetery. The idea has been presented before by conservatives and a budget watchdog group, but was scoffed at by council members.

The city-funded committee is going through the city’s $193 million budget looking for places to cut back and save. Their goal is to have the city be more precise in its budgeting. Questions have been raised on the city Council regarding the usefulness of the committe, and its future will be discussed by the Bellingham City Council at a February 4th retreat.