The budget was the main focus at Wednesday’s annual Charleston Tax Increment Financing District Joint Review Board meeting.

The board, which oversees funds brought in from the Square’s tax increment financing district, discussed what funds have been spent throughout this fiscal year, and what improvements are planned for the Square in the future.

The board decided that several sidewalk repairs are going to be made on Jackson and Monroe Avenues, as well as on north Van Buren Avenue between sixth and seventh streets.

The total repair cost of the two sidewalks will reach approximately $140,000, members said.

The board reported that the district has been able to fund the paving of alleys as well as parking lots over the past fiscal year.

The board also voiced a desire to fit the repair of sidewalks around the Square into its budget, because many people have been complaining about it.

All of the wooden benches that are assembled throughout the square are going to be repaired as well.

“All projects, if not completed this fiscal year, will be completed next fiscal year,” Public Works Director Dean Barber said at the meeting.

The board spent approximately $69,000 this fiscal year to date, and it estimates that it will spend about $10,000 more by the end of the fiscal year.

A budget between $70,000 and $80,000 was proposed for the next fiscal year, keeping near the same spending level of this year.