Residents will get to weigh in on the city’s $59.07 million budget proposal at a public hearing at 7 p.m. tonight (May 9) at City Hall.
Then the Board of Apportionment and Taxation will possibly revise the proposal and will take a final vote on the spending plan at a meeting May 16.
The proposal represents a half mill increase in the tax rate, from the current 25.75 mills to 26.25 mills.
That means a resident with a home assessed at $200,000 would see a tax bill increase of about $100 next year.
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The proposal includes $26.07 million for the Board of Education — the same amount allocated in the current year.
The Board of Education in January had requested a $26.9 million budget allocation, or about a 3.5 percent increase.
The Board of Apportionment and Taxation has been meeting over the past several months to attempt to trim the spending plan.
