The Dalles City Council has approved the municipal budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year.  Mayor Steve Lawrence says the budget was approved by the Council with minimal changes.  The main discussion point surrounded raises for a pair of administrative offices.  By consensus, the Council decided previously approved increases for the City Manager and City Attorney would become effective on July 1.  The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce accepted the City’s offer of $215,140 for the 2017-18 Community Marketing budget, which was about $20,000 less than what the Chamber had requested.  Lawrence made the counter offer at a City Council meeting earlier this month on the basis of the City moving cruise ship services to the Main Street program.  In their acceptance, the Chamber noted the dollar amount is less than the budget approved in 2013-14, which did not have any allocations related to the cruise ships.