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Mayor Reed: rising city costs may mean larger property tax increases than $20–$30; missing-middle housing a priority
Summary
Mayor Stephen L. Reed said municipal costs for public safety and services are rising and suggested homeowners should expect more than minor property-tax increases; he highlighted efforts to create 'missing middle' housing to retain buyers and the need to fund police, firefighters and 9-1-1 operators.
Mayor Stephen L. Reed said Montgomery homeowners should be prepared for property-tax increases larger than a $20–$30 change as the city budgets for public-safety pay and other services.
"The cost of doing government, and particularly good government, gets more expensive. We've got to pay our police officers more. We've got to pay our firefighters more, our 9 11 operators more," Reed said,…
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