Despite a projected increase in appropriations and a decrease in revenues from sources other than taxes, the Town of Whitehall has proposed a spending plan that calls for almost no increase in taxes. The $1 million budget calls for a 0.12 percent increase in the tax rate, meaning local property owners can expect to pay [...]
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Workers’ comp tangles Hampton town budget
The Hampton Town Board adopted what officials described as a difficult budget during their monthly meeting last Wednesday. Despite holding the line on spending, this year’s budget is expected to increase by about 3 percent because of an increase in the town’s workers’ compensation premium. The town will comply with the state-mandated 2 percent tax [...]
Move to firehouse starts to take shape
Town officials took some time last week to tour their future home as they begin to lay the groundwork for their eventual move from the Canal Corp. Visitors Center to the former Skenesborough Volunteer Fire House. The tour served as a sort of brainstorming session as officials try [...]
Town budget includes 10 percent tax increase: Cost of funding retirement cited
The town board unanimously approved its 2012 fiscal budget during a special meeting last Wednesday and homeowners can expect to pay a little more when they receive their tax bills next year. The nearly $1 million budget calls for a 10.02 percent increase in the tax rate, meaning local property owners could expect to pay [...]
Tatko tells of issues with budget vote
It wasn’t a threat; it was a promise. Granville interim Supervisor Beverly Tatko voted “no” on the Washington County budget for 2011, but she had more reasons than a tax levy nearly 3 percent above what she said she would approve. Tatko said during the meeting she did not believe the vote the supervisors planned [...]
Whitehall tax rate up 13-percent
The news did not get any better for the Whitehall town budget in the past week. At the public hearing on the preliminary 2011 spending plan on Nov. 4, town budget officer Kathy Jones said there was an increase to the tax rate due to new figures. “We got new information about retirement figures,” said [...]
Sports awards, town board meeting
There will be two thigns going on tonight in the town of Whitehall. First, the Whitehall Central School Athletic Department will celebrate the accomplishments of the 2010 fall sports season with the fall sports awards in the junior/senior high school auditorium at 6 p.m. Teams that whill be honored will include the junior varsity and [...]
Town budget meetings scheduled
The town of Whitehall has scheduled a pair of meetings in order to prepare the 2011 town budget. Due to scheduling conflicts, the budget meeting that was planned for Friday, Oct. 29 at 1 p.m. in now taking place on Saturday, Oct. 30 at 10:30 a.m. at the Pavilion town offices. This is a basic [...]
Granville Levy to drop 10 percent
Fire protection increase included The Granville Town Board Tuesday night approved the 2011 budget, a measure that will drop the town’s tax levy by 10 percent. Following a public hearing where the focus of discussion was Dan Boone, the town’s sole assessor, the board voted unanimously to approve the budget. Town budget officer Joel [...]
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VPR commentator entertains at Slate Valley Museum
By Jaime Thomas About 75 people gathered at the Slate Valley Museum Thursday evening to listen to Vermont Public Radio [...]