City accepts budget with zero-percent increase

Councilors voted to accept a zero-percent increase budget for the 2013-2014 fiscal year Tuesday, July 30. The total budget, which includes sewer user fees of $826,812, is $8,136,694. The mill rate for 2012-2013 was set at 19.8, pending the outcome of the Regional School Unit 20 budget, that rate could change. Setting a budget that would not burden taxpayers was difficult for city officials who have seen a steady ...