BIGGEST SPENDING
INCREASES
- Police
spending up 5.2%
- Police Personal
Services spending up 6.8%
- Health
Insurance costs up 22.4%
- Retirement
costs up 13.2%
HIGHLIGHTS (excluding special districts)
- Town
Spending up 4.8% ($576,466)
- Town
Property Taxes up 4.1% ($392,000)
- GENERAL
FUND spending up 5.2%
- GENERAL
FUND property taxes up 6.7%
- Buildings/Recreation
spending flat
- Transfer
Station projected to break even
- Summer
Recreation program projected to lose money
2017 Tentative Budget Summary
2017 Tentative Budget
Spending - Increased by 39.8% over ten year period, 3.9% per year.
Property Taxes - Increased by 43.9% over ten year period, 4.39% per year.
Year
|
Spending
|
% increase
|
Prop. Taxes
|
% increase
|
2006-7
|
$43,659,191
|
xxx
|
$25,842,153
|
xxx
|
2007-8
|
$49,782,430
|
14.0%
|
$26,613,958
|
3.0%
|
2008-9
|
$52,135,740
|
4.7%
|
$27,129,415
|
1.9%
|
2009-10
|
$52,650,000
|
1.0%
|
$28,850,000
|
6.3%
|
2010-11
|
$52,685,973
|
0.1%
|
$32,476,720
|
12.6%
|
2011-12
|
$53,327,600
|
1.2%
|
$34,549,659
|
6.4%
|
2012-13
|
$54,676,980
|
2.5%
|
$35,194,753
|
1.9%
|
2013-14
|
$55,882,331
|
2.2%
|
$35,892,979
|
2.0%
|
2014-15
|
$57,432,984
|
2.8%
|
$36,509,983
|
1.7%
|
2015-16
|
$59,306,508
|
3.3%
|
$37,148,061
|
1.7%
|
2016-17
|
$61,015,000
|
2.9%
|
$37,190,000
|
0.1%
|