Mayor Bill Rawls’ budget proposal passed its first reading Tuesday evening, June 8. The new budget, which includes $11.1 million spending in the general fund, won’t require a tax increase but projects a deficit of $362,000. Aldermen approved a hike in sanitation rates that will affect both residential and commercial customers. Though the ordinance passed, ...
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