Quite a few people have expressed concern to me regarding their property tax bills indicating a 19% rise in the drainage tax for the town. They wanted to know where that explosive growth came from. I asked Supervisor Bieber to explain the situation and here's what she says...
The drainage increase of 19% is a change from .32 cents a thousand last year to .39 cents a thousand this year. We are purchasing a tractor with a boom extension to mow deep ditches. We have budgeted 120,000 and that cost will be shared with the highway department because they will also be using this piece of equipment. We have been building up fund balances in order to buy equipment when it is needed instead of creating a debt by borrowing money.
