With an eye toward keeping costs down and maintaining services, the City of Escalon has started its budget process for the 2015-2016 fiscal year. City Manager Tammy Alcantor said she is working with department heads on finalizing their individual spending plans, which will then be put together in one package for presentation to the city council. “The department budget requests are in,” Alcantor said, noting that Police Chief Mike Borges and Juston Collins of the Public Works Department have already submitted theirs.