Greendale Approves $9.2 Million Tax Levy, $14.5 Million Budget
The Village of Greendale approved a 1.2 percent increase to the tax levy. What's that going to look like on the tax bills?
Correction: The board approved a $14.5 million budget and $9.2 million tax levy. The Greendale Board of Trustees approved a final $14.5 million budget with a tax levy increase of 1.2 percent ($9.2 million tax levy), while also using almost $350,000 of the fund balance. The board approved the budget 4-1 with Trustee Carl Genz voting against it. Trustees Jim Birmingham and Allen Sikorski were not present at Tuesday night’s meeting. Genz wanted to get the tax levy increase to zero. He proposed eliminating $70,000 from the road repair budget and using $15,000 for road repairs instead of reconstruction. He also proposed cutting $35,000 from the IT fund and $10,000 out of the tree-planting fund. The other Trustees disagreed and thought the money…
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CowDung
12:46 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
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