BERLIN – Elected officials agreed to cut a proposed property tax increase to 18% following weeks of public outcry.
In a budget work session Monday, members of the Berlin Town Council agreed conceptually to an 18% increase — which would make the rate 80 cents per $100 of assessed land value — in the next fiscal year starting July 1 to be followed by a to-be-determined increase for next fiscal year. They council also agreed to raise water rates 5% and sewer rates 25% to ensure the enterprise funds don’t need to borrow from the general fund.
“Let it be known the Town of Berlin is not considering a 30% tax increase for the coming year,” Councilman Dean Burrell said.
At a well-attended special work session Monday, officials quickly agreed to rate increases of 5% and 25% for water and sewer. Though they initially discussed a sewer increase spread over five years, staff said Monday the immediate increase would eliminate any shortfalls in the fund and would provide the town with time to study rates further going forward.
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16 comments:
Oh that's a big savings,NOT!
Face it folks,your getting ready to get bent over.
Ready my butt. They are done. They must be as stupid as the socialists to think that the 25% sewer increase doesn't put the property tax right back in with a different name. Good one Gee, NOT!
Being so cool ain't cheap!
It is better than the higher option right away. Chip away, but it still hurts very bad. Mis-management and GEE WIZZ can Company are to blame!
That town needs to copy Wicomico County Revenue Cap and apply the wording to their needs. They also need to be actually doing something because they are only getting set up for future city property tax increases. They only wanted the 18% this year anyway. They just almost doubled what they really wanted and then will "Settle" for just the 18% to male the citizens feel like they accomplished something. An old political trick. Organize, put it on the ballot.
Lol
MISMANAGEMENT fire the town Town council.
Citizens of Berlin, this is merely foreplay. Brace yourselves.
Or change your 'leadership.'
If they simply put Fitzgerald and Kim Holloway’s Far Company in check none of this would be needed.
Are you telling me the CPA firm that audits the books didn’t see the deficit growing!
Time for a change of Auditors!
4:54 this is what you get when you are STUPID and uneducated about your taxes and how the govt works!!!! It is your fault not theirs for what they do, since you elect them... You can recall them, but no you rather keep taking it in the ass going broke more and more each year and you all just take it, I don't get it... Soon you won't be able to afford anything, are you then going to give a god damn then??? After your house is taken because you can't pay sewer fees???? Seems fair right, they can take a 100k+ home over at most 1+ in accrued sewer fees... Wither you own it out right or not...
7:21 That is exactly what the govt did with the bay bridge toll hikes... They said in the end they wanted 10 bucks one way, and knew they would get some blow back and some did and got them to drop it to 8 buck in the end and that they would slowly increase it from 2.50 to 8... They made it to 4 and was going to 6 before hogan stopped it... But that is what the govt did, they went high knowing they would get blow back and would settle for the lower number, and made everyone feel good... But what you fail to realize is, you lost and they won... They got an increase even if it was god damn 10 cents, they got an increase and you gave it to them... you lost because you got an increase... See the pattern??? Besides the govt ALWAYS adds a certain percent to their budget each year to kind of adjust for cost but in reality it is just to get more money...
This is why the govt spends all of the money so fast on bullshit, SO each and every years they can come back and say ooooo look, no money in the fund, we need to raise taxes and fees and create new ones, lets never lower or take away taxes or never stop wasting money... See the pattern??? it is all by design wither you or the govt workers sees it...
The coolest little town in America, HHHHHHHAAAAAAAA!! YOU JUST CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE THERE
The coolest unaffordable little town in AMERICA lol.
Getting rid of the people with $ to collapse the town and do what the dabury does LOW INCOME SLUM WELFARE HOUSING.TICK TOCK.
Libtards always raising taxes!
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