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Bangor council reviews budget, estimates $17.75 tax rate and asks schools to cut $165,000
Summary
At a May 28 council workshop, City Manager Deb Lohrey presented a revised budget that reduces the estimated tax rate to $17.75 per $1,000; the council voted to ask the school department to reduce its appropriation by $165,000. The proposal includes $53,200 to convert four library greeter positions from ARPA funding to the city operating budget.
At a May 28 Bangor City Council workshop, City Manager Deb Lohrey told councilors the city is now estimating a tax rate of $17.75 per $1,000 of assessed value, down from the earlier estimate of $18.55, and that the change would translate to about a $59 average increase per residential homeowner, or roughly 3.9% for the year.
Lohrey said updated market data and council-directed reductions had reduced the potential increase from the roughly $319 average (7.8%) estimated in early April. “I think the fact that we were able to, in essence, cut the potential increase in half, over the last 2 months, speaks well to the process that we've undertaken,” she said.
The council discussed a motion made at an earlier meeting to ask the school department…
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