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Auburn council narrows target to about 92D10% tax levy; asks schools to model $500,000 cut
Summary
Council signaled that a 7.5% tax-levy benchmark was too deep and asked the manager to pursue a ~9% benchmark; the manager proposed an 11% manager27s budget and the council asked the superintendent and school committee to model a $500,000 reduction impact for consideration.
City Manager Phil Crowell and the mayor updated the council on the citywide budget process and the council27s prior benchmark of a 7.5% tax levy (which required about $4.4 million in cuts). Several councilors said 7.5% produced cuts that were too deep and asked the manager to rework impact statements toward a roughly 9% target.
Crowell said the manager27s…
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