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Lynchburg council deadlocked over budget: car tax cut passes, equalization fails
Summary
A heated multi-hour budget debate left the council split. Members approved a motion to reduce the personal property (car) tax to $3 and scheduled a special meeting for a second reading; however a motion to set the real estate tax at the equalization rate failed 3-4. Councilmembers warned of cuts and staff outlined restored and removed items.
Lynchburg City Council members engaged in a prolonged debate over competing proposals to ease residents' tax bills while funding city priorities, ultimately approving a motion to reduce the personal property (car) tax and rejecting a motion to set the real estate tax to the equalization rate.
In a roll-call vote late in the meeting, the council adopted a motion to reduce the car tax to $3.00 (motion passed 6-1). Later the chamber took up a separate motion to set the real estate tax at the equalization rate (the lower, revenue-neutral rate proposed by some council members). That motion failed 3-4.
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