Lula is cutting it close on dollars as it wraps up a downtown improvements project. The North Hall city had set a $167,171 budget for the work, which consists of sidewalks, parking and other “streetscape” efforts, and now, because of cost overruns, is near that mark. “We’re taking up all the ($13,500) contingency money with all the changes we’ve done, so we’re going to be close to being at budget,” Mayor Milton Turner told City Council, holding its monthly meeting Monday night.