The Mansfield City Council will finally approve its 2009 fiscal year budget on May 11 after a four-month delay. Mansfield operates on a January through December budget cycle, but City Clerk Pat Mullins said with her hip replacement and the mayor’s knee replacement, the budget process has been delayed in 2009. "We’re the ones who do the budget (so that’s why it was delayed)," said Mullins, who just returned to work today after a month-long recovery.