MARION — Despite the ongoing financial hits from the pandemic and derecho, Marion plans to move forward with major city projects in the new budget year including a bigger library and improvements to the Seventh Avenue streetscape. Marion’s preliminary budget for fiscal 2022, which begins July 1 and ends June 30, 2022, was presented this week to the City Council. The total recommended expenditures for the general fund, the chief operating fund for the city, is nearly $28.3 million. The recommended expenditures in the capital fund, typically used for building and purchases, is more than $43.4 million. A final budget is set to be adopted March 18.