Fredericksburg’s City Council has been plodding through a difficult budget process this spring, working under the reality that it may have to raise the tax rate by 5 cents next year while at the same time cutting some services.
But in the public discussions that have gone on in the mayoral race between Debby Girvan and Tom Tomzak, there’s been much more talk about last spring’s budget process.
Last May, Tomzak and four other council members voted for a 53-cent real-estate tax rate, which was 3 cents higher than what would have been the equalized tax rate after last year’s reassessment.
Girvan and Councilman Hashmel Turner both voted for a 50-cent rate.
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