On Monday, November 14th, the Dresden town board finalized the 2012 town budget. The amount to be raised by taxes is actually $2,850 less than 2011! This translates into a 0.73% decrease in taxes from 2011 to 2012. The town board should be congratulated for keeping the town budget in excellent shape during these trying fiscal times and actually lowering taxes!
While the general budget increases 2.73%, the highway budget decreases 8.68%, which brings the entire amount needed to be raised by taxes in 2012 to a lower amount than 2011.
In another bit of good news, the total debt of Sewer District #1 is $140,586, down from $185,775 a year ago.
While Whitehall has just passed a 10% tax hike for next year, which thankfully does not effect Dresden residents, our local town board has really worked hard to keep Dresden town taxes low.
You can see a summary of the 2012 town budget here. (Note: the preliminary budget was marked up and what you’re seeing are the final numbers written in by hand.)