>Aronsohn Calls for New Approach to Budget ,we have one question Paul where have you been for the last 3 years?
by Paul Aronsohn on Mar 19, 2012 • 12:00 am
Ridgewood — Councilman Paul Aronsohn called today for a new approach to the Village’s municipal budget — one that starts from a 0% tax increase and gives residents a greater voice in the process.
“We need to get this right,” Aronsohn explained. ”We need to end business as usual.”
Starting from a 0% Tax Increase
Noting that the Council recently began its consideration of the 2012 municipal budget by working off of a document produced by the Village Manager — one that proposes a 7.6 percent tax increase as a starting point — Aronsohn said that the Council had it “backwards.”
“We have got this backwards,” he claimed. “Rather than assuming a large tax increase and then trying to whittle it down, we should start with budget proposals that assume no tax increase whatsoever.”
“We should explore different ways of absorbing storm-related and other extraordinary costs into that draft zero-growth budget. By doing so, we will get a much better sense of the tradeoffs and have a much better chance of keeping down the residents’ tax burden.”
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