The Buffalo News reports on th County's 2009 budget....
Niagara County Manager Gregory D. Lewis is proud of his proposed 2009 county budget, which he released Friday.
“It’s the best budget I’ve ever been associated with,” Lewis said of the spending plan, which features a small property tax decrease for most homeowners.
The $304 million budget spends $2 million more than this year’s version, but the average homeowner sees a tax rate reduction of 21 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation, or $21 on a $100,000 house. However, the actual tax rates vary by municipality, depending on how close to full value assessments are and the equalization rates set by the state. County Real Property Services Director William F. Budde Jr. calculated that if Lewis’ budget is adopted unchanged by the County Legislature, there will be tax rate reductions in seven towns and two cities.
What does that mean for us in Gasport? It depends on what side of the border you live on...
Rates would fall $1.73 per $1,000 of assessed value in Royalton; 51 cents in the City of Lockport; 27 cents in Somerset; 23 cents in Wilson and Niagara Falls; 22 cents in Newfane; and 21 cents in Cambria, the Town of Lockport and Pendleton.
The communities with tax rate increases would be Hartland, 63 cents; Porter, 36 cents; Lewiston and the Town of Niagara, each 6 cents; North Tonawanda, 4 cents; and Wheatfield, less than a penny.
To read the article in total, go here:
http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/niagaracounty/story/494300.html
Niagara County Manager Gregory D. Lewis is proud of his proposed 2009 county budget, which he released Friday.
“It’s the best budget I’ve ever been associated with,” Lewis said of the spending plan, which features a small property tax decrease for most homeowners.
The $304 million budget spends $2 million more than this year’s version, but the average homeowner sees a tax rate reduction of 21 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation, or $21 on a $100,000 house. However, the actual tax rates vary by municipality, depending on how close to full value assessments are and the equalization rates set by the state. County Real Property Services Director William F. Budde Jr. calculated that if Lewis’ budget is adopted unchanged by the County Legislature, there will be tax rate reductions in seven towns and two cities.
What does that mean for us in Gasport? It depends on what side of the border you live on...
Rates would fall $1.73 per $1,000 of assessed value in Royalton; 51 cents in the City of Lockport; 27 cents in Somerset; 23 cents in Wilson and Niagara Falls; 22 cents in Newfane; and 21 cents in Cambria, the Town of Lockport and Pendleton.
The communities with tax rate increases would be Hartland, 63 cents; Porter, 36 cents; Lewiston and the Town of Niagara, each 6 cents; North Tonawanda, 4 cents; and Wheatfield, less than a penny.
To read the article in total, go here:
http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/niagaracounty/story/494300.html
