GREENE – The Village of Greene adopted a tentative budget for the 2009-10 fiscal year Wednesday night following a brief public hearing. The plan calls for a $2,297 increase in spending from the prior year’s budget, a .23 percent increase.

For village property owners this translates into a real property tax rate of $11.75 per $1,000 of assessed value based on last year’s assessments, an increase of $ .28. According to Village Clerk/Treasurer Suzanne Jones, this is the first tax rate increase in eight years.

“We’re pleased to have kept the tax increase at a modest rate,” said Mayor Marcia Miller, explaining that taxes on a home valued at $60,000 would increase by $16.80.