Politics & Government

School Board Meets, Planning Board Canceled Next Week

Want to get involved with local government? Here's what you can expect next week.

The is the only public meeting next week, after the township planning board canceled its monthly meeting due to lack of applications.

The school board’s meeting will focus on the 2012-2013 budget, with the board holding the official public hearing on the revised version of one the administration put forward at the end of February. The meeting will include a new presentation of the budget.

The original, projected a tax increase of 8.119¢ per $100 of assessed value, but , yielding a new, $44.54 million budget that has a tax rate increase of 4.59¢ per $100 of value.

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Much of the budget woes are connected to the , which was the bulk of a $172 million reduction to the township’s ratable base this year. That hit to value .

The full draft agenda is above as a PDF.

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