[gallery ids="355132"] The four municipalities in the Lake Travis-Westlake area approved their fiscal year 2018-19 budgets in September. However, increases or decreases in expenditure varied depending on the city. In Bee Cave, general fund expenditures represent a four percent decrease from last year, but in Lakeway general fund expenditures are projected to increase by 9 percent from last year. In Rollingwood there was an increase of 21 percent in total expenditures compared to last year. West Lake Hills expenditures are also up this fiscal year from last. Some cities’ expenditures showed rises in expenditure due to high dollar projects planned over the coming years. Examples include Lakeway’s ongoing police department building construction, Rollingwood’s allocated funds for street projects and West Lake Hill’s proposals from its five-year capital projects plan.