\'\'
Home   >   News   >   Local News   >   Burlington Council Cuts More, but Also Raises Taxes

Burlington Council Cuts More, but Also Raises Taxes

By on February 5, 2013
Top Story Logo

THE BURLINGTON CITY COUNCIL DID SOME MORE CUTTING LAST(MON) NITE AND ALSO AGREED…WITHOUT MEMBER SHANE MCCAMPBELL, WHO WASN’T AT THE MEETING…TO RAISE PROPERTY TAXES 75 CENTS PER THOUSAND AND INSTITUTE A THREE PERCENT FRANCHISE FEE ON UTILITIES.THAT, TOO, IS A TAX.   BEFORE A CONSENSUS WAS REACHED, MAYOR JIM DAVIDSON REMINDED HIS COLLEAGUES TO STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN CUTS AND TAXES. 

AMONG THE CUTS TO BE MADE ARE 20-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND 80-THOUSAND…OR FIVE PERCENT…FROM THE LIBRARY.  DIRECTOR RHONDA FREVERT SAYS THE SPECIFIC REDUCTIONS ARE UP TO HER BOARD. 

ABOUT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, CITY MANAGER JIM FERNEAU SAYS THE MAIN REDUCTION WILL BE ANY-AND-ALL MAJOR STREET-WORK THIS COMING SUMMER.   NONE OF WHAT WAS DECIDED LAST(MON) NITE WAS OFFICIAL; NO FORMAL VOTES MAY BE TAKEN IN A WORK SESSION.

                                                                                              


  • disgusted!

    The citizens of Burlington should be outraged at this!!! A franchise fee is a ridiculous, round about way of taxing people! Its only gonna affect the poor!