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Public commenters urge clearer budget priorities and oppose higher property taxes
2111370 · January 15, 2025
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Summary
Two residents urged the council to set clearer budget priorities to control growth in spending and asked elected officials to resist property tax increases amid state budget pressures.
At public comment during the Jan. 13 council meeting Linda Martin of Anacortes urged the mayor and council to set clear budget priorities to rein in what she described as incremental budget increases. Martin said she observed department directors generally proposed about 4% increases to their budgets,…
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