The budget was, at long last, voted on tonight. As reported in the MJM, I voted against the first iteration of the budget which included a higher fire levy. However, it turns out that the Council can’t increase the amount of the budget after it has been advertised. Therefore, we reconsidered the original motion and it died. Another motion was made to approve the original budget, as advertised, and it passed 6-0.
Second (and final) reading will be on Wednesday night.
April 29, 2008 at 6:11 am
Andy
good to hear budget passed 6-0.
April 30, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Andy, was the advertised fire levy rate .10 or .09? I thought it was .10. Good to hear the budget was passed as presented on 4-14 and 4-21. Are these correct then?
Tax rate — 1.015
Fire / rescue levy — 0.09
Avg. residential real estate tax bill increase — 5.2%
General Fund & Fire / Rescue Budget — $112.5M (+6.3%)
May 5, 2008 at 1:49 pm
– Town Hall meeting at Round Elem. School tonight (5-5-2008)
starting at 7PM. The focus will be on the Round area, but
everyone is invited to attend.
– And on another matter, I endorse the entire Republican ticket
for Manassas mayor and council! GO GOP (well, tomorrow anyway).
Please don’t forget to vote.