Town of Norwich adopts 2009 spending plan
NORWICH – The Norwich Town Board adopted its tentative 2009 budget Monday in an unanimous vote. Despite a threat of economic instability in the region, the town’s tax base continued to grow by more than three million dollars, again enabling the town to have no general tax.
“The town is happy to announce there is no general tax and that the local economy is still growing,” said Norwich Town Supervisor David C. Law.
Law said he couldn’t remember the last time the town had a general tax, saying, “Not since I’ve been in office, that was in 2004.”
Law explained that assessments had risen by $3 million and that the surplus gained from the growth would be contributed in part to the highway, lighting and water budgets and the city’s fire coverage contract costs.
Law said the residents would see a 24 cent drop per $1,000 on their highway costs, while seeing a 13 cent per $1,000 rise for the fire contract with the city.
The contract rose about from $504,428 in 2008 to $520,065, roughly $15,000 which Law, said was the average yearly increase.
Law said the town continues to benefit greatly from the large commercial presence of several corporate retailers operating in its tax area.
“We’ve helped to reduce our taxes with the surplus and also through thrifty spending; we believe in being very conservative,” he said.
The board recently purchased a brand new snow plow for its public works department to replace an older one. “The cost of maintenance on the old one was getting too high and so planning in the long run, we bought a new one,” he said.
Law said the board was looking ahead into the looming economic challenges facing municipalities across the state and has been taking steps toward easing spending in the future.
“We are in the process of making several provisions to more closely monitor our spending. Some of them even include weekly updates instead of quarterly checks like a lot of others do. We want to nip a problem in the bud, so to speak, while we can because time will cost money,” said Law.
Law said the town reduced its court cost by $40,000 by going from two justices to one and increasing automation by purchasing new software and computing equipment.
“It’s been a real team effort by the board and myself,” he said.
“The town is happy to announce there is no general tax and that the local economy is still growing,” said Norwich Town Supervisor David C. Law.
Law said he couldn’t remember the last time the town had a general tax, saying, “Not since I’ve been in office, that was in 2004.”
Law explained that assessments had risen by $3 million and that the surplus gained from the growth would be contributed in part to the highway, lighting and water budgets and the city’s fire coverage contract costs.
Law said the residents would see a 24 cent drop per $1,000 on their highway costs, while seeing a 13 cent per $1,000 rise for the fire contract with the city.
The contract rose about from $504,428 in 2008 to $520,065, roughly $15,000 which Law, said was the average yearly increase.
Law said the town continues to benefit greatly from the large commercial presence of several corporate retailers operating in its tax area.
“We’ve helped to reduce our taxes with the surplus and also through thrifty spending; we believe in being very conservative,” he said.
The board recently purchased a brand new snow plow for its public works department to replace an older one. “The cost of maintenance on the old one was getting too high and so planning in the long run, we bought a new one,” he said.
Law said the board was looking ahead into the looming economic challenges facing municipalities across the state and has been taking steps toward easing spending in the future.
“We are in the process of making several provisions to more closely monitor our spending. Some of them even include weekly updates instead of quarterly checks like a lot of others do. We want to nip a problem in the bud, so to speak, while we can because time will cost money,” said Law.
Law said the town reduced its court cost by $40,000 by going from two justices to one and increasing automation by purchasing new software and computing equipment.
“It’s been a real team effort by the board and myself,” he said.
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