Supervisors Decide to Keep Budget Options Open; Bid to Lock In Tax Rate Was Effort to Ward Off a Later Increase

From: The Washington Post | Date: December 10, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors chose last week not to lock in an unchanged tax rate for 2007, despite an effort by three board members who had hoped to do just that before budget deliberations begin.

Supervisors voted 6 to 3 on Tuesday to authorize County Administrator Kirby M. Bowers to present several spending options in his 2007-08 spending plan, which he will release early next year. Those in the majority said they were unwilling to commit to keeping the tax rate at 89 cents per $100 of assessed value in a year when assessments are expected to dip while pressure to spend more on ...

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