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Mayor Keith Killion steps up to address Village budget issues
FRIDAY MARCH 16, 2012, 1:37 PM
BY JOSEPH CRAMER
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
A clearer picture of factors driving an anticipated 7.5 percent tax increase, as well as areas where cuts will likely need to be made in the coming year, emerged as the Ridgewood Village Council continued its discussion of the preliminary 2012 municipal budget.
Addressing concern from residents over the increase, Mayor Keith Killion reiterated that 7.5 percent was not the final number and that this was “the first go around on the budget.” He then clarified that the tax increase is due largely to extraordinary expenses that fall outside appropriations and expenditures required to stay within the 2 percent tax cap set by the state.
