UNION CITY — The $104.4 million Union City municipal budget introduced in November will be presented for public comments and a final vote on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Emerson Middle School. Residents’ tax bills will rise 4.3 percent as a result of this budget.
The 2011-2012 budget covers municipal spending from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012. It is up slightly from the previous year’s $103.5 million spending plan.
Of the $104.4 million to be raised to run the city for a year, $58.5 million comes from residents’ taxes. Much of the rest comes from state aid. The rest comes from government grants for programs, fees people have to pay in municipal court, and other fees and permits (such as construction fees) paid to the town.
City budgets are often voted on late in the fiscal year as towns wait for state aid information and other deals to go through. Thus, they are often voted on when the fiscal year is already more than half over. The Board of Commissioners can keep voting on temporary appropriations until the budget finally passes.
For more details on the Union City budget, click here. You can leave comments below. — Gennarose Pope