That would raise the mill rate from 25.99 to 27.43 for the coming fiscal year, which begins July 1.
It isn't clear, though, that the increase will win approval. At least three finance board members may vote against it and perhaps more. Some city councilors may be wary as well.
More details to follow in Thursday's Bristol Press.*******
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Contact Steve Collins at scollins@bristolpress.com
Copyright 2010. All rights reserved.
Contact Steve Collins at scollins@bristolpress.com
8 comments:
This wont happen - there will layoffs before any tax hike...If I was a union person in the city I would be begging for the union reps to open up contract talks
Smoke and Mirrors!
How about cutting the pay for these moron-ic council members? They're practically all worthless bags of wind. Plus for the Democrats it's just a pathway to a state or city job (or the B&G Club) anyway.
12:19
They actually want to expand to nine members because they are working to hard.
April 21, 2010 1:55 PM:
You mean "too hard" or is "hard" a destination?
Regards,
April 21, 2010 12:19 PM
5.5 percent is way too much in this economy. Get the pencils out and start cutting.
4:27
How about "they feel that they are overworked"?
I have an idea.....stop buying property! it isn't only the agreed to price, but the loss of tax revenue as a municipal property...."We know it's a bad idea, but we're going to do it anyway!"....TOTALLY ILLOGICAL>
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