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Public hearing on the budget Tuesday night

Posted on May 23, 2008 by Staff

The Carrboro Board of Aldermen has scheduled a public hearing for Tuesday on the town’s 2008-2009 budget.
The hearing begins at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall. The agenda is available on the town’s website.

A copy of Town Manager Steve Stewarts’s proposed $18,476,375 budget is also available on the site at the town government link.

With property-tax revenues growing more slowly and lower sales-tax revenues projected, Stewart is recommending that the town raise property taxes 3.23 cents, putting the total tax rate at 68.60 cents per $100 of assessed value. For the owner of a $200,000 home, the increase would be about $65.

Mayor Mark Chilton said the budget is very bare bones this year. Stewart is proposing only a few items in his expansion budget — a $260,000 installment for the Weaver Street reconstruction project, $13,230 for tennis court resurfacing at Wilson Park and $10,500 for dog park fence renovations at Anderson Park.

Given a slowing economy and lower revenues, Chilton said the town is trying to squeeze the budget just to stay on track.

“We’re really trying to keep it to just the status quo,” he said, adding that feedback this year has been somewhat quiet.

“I haven’t heard any backlash,” he said. “I have heard concerns, but they are more about the total tax picture.
Orange County officials are eyeing an almost nine-cent increase in property taxes and more than two cents in the school district tax.

— Kirk Ross

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