Want to know what is being spent by the city of Joplin in the new budget? The city council will be having 2026 budget workshop meetings Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights this week starting at 5:45 each night. And we are going to go through them tonight, tomorrow night and Wednesday night, line by line, item by item, to flush it out.”According to the Joplin Mayor: “Here’s where the money’s coming from. Here’s how we’re gonna deliver services to the citizens of the city of Joplin. Please come on down City hall.”Meetings in the council chambers at city hall at 6th and Main.