May 19th, 2017 by WCBC Radio
For the past two months the Cumberland Mayor and City Council have been hearing from constituents on the proposed FY 2018 budget- and while it’s not popular- it appears the city will move forward with a budget that includes a 9.75 percent property tax increase. During the most recent council meeting, a half dozen city residents addressed the council. A common theme centered on the size of the tax hike. Several said the city should have done better fiscal planning by implementing smaller, incremental increases over a number of years- as opposed to a nearly ten percent hike all at once…
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