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Council approves budget with no tax increase, more money for schools

Posted at 9:44 pm June 6, 2016
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Note: This story was last updated at 12:15 a.m.

The Oak Ridge City Council approved a budget on Monday that does not include a property tax rate increase, but it does include more money for schools and it anticipates increases in the trash fee and water and sewer rates.

The budget passed in a 6-1 vote in the first of two readings this month. The second and final reading is Monday, June 13.

Council rejected one motion to lower the $2.52 property tax rate by 4.4 cents and another to take away the additional $538,048 requested by Oak Ridge Schools and put it into the capital fund instead.

The budget does not increase the property tax rate for the ninth year in a row. After five-year reappraisals last year, the rate is now set at $2.52 per $100 of assessed value.

As approved on first reading Monday, the budget includes a 3 percent pay adjustment that will move municipal employees along their pay scales, helping to separate those who have worked for the city for a while from those who have just started. The school budget, which was approved by the Oak Ridge Board of Education in May, also includes 3 percent salary increases. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Front Page News, Government, K-12, Meetings and Events, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: budget, Charlie Hensley, Chuck Hope, Ellen Smith, Hall Income Tax, Kelly Callison, maintenance of effort, Mark Watson, Oak Ridge City Council, Oak Ridge Preschool, Oak Ridge Schools, Oak Ridge Senior Center, pay adjustment, property tax rate, Rick Chinn, salary increases, school funding, tax increase, trash fee, Trina Baughn, Warren Gooch, water and sewer rates

Oak Ridge school board passes budget on second, final reading

Posted at 11:18 am May 24, 2016
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

The Oak Ridge Board of Education passed the budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1 on second and final reading on Monday.

The budget includes 3 percent salary increases and a request for an additional $538,048 from the city, a 3.6 percent increase in municipal funding.

The schools budget was approved unanimously in the first of two readings on Wednesday. It passed unanimously again on Monday. The school board made no significant changes to the budget proposed by the school system.

The budget will now be considered as part of the annual budget deliberations by the Oak Ridge City Council. The city typically provides a little less than 30 percent of the school system’s funding. The schools also receive state and federal funding. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Front Page News, K-12 Tagged With: budget, Hall Income Tax, Keys Fillauer, municipal funding, Oak Ridge Board of Education, Oak Ridge City Council, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge School Board, salary increases

School board approves budget that includes pay raises, seeks additional funding

Posted at 7:17 pm May 18, 2016
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

The Oak Ridge Board of Education approved a budget on Wednesday that includes 3 percent salary increases and a request for an additional $538,048 from the city. That’s a 3.6 percent increase in city funding.

The budget was approved unanimously in the first of two readings this month. The second and final reading is at 5:30 p.m. Monday, May 23.

As approved in the first reading during a 15-minute meeting Wednesday, the budget includes the reduction of the full-time equivalent of four teachers and an increase in five technology positions. It includes experience-based pay increases known as step increases for staff. And it includes money to fund a 6.2 percent increase in health insurance rates and another 10 percent for dental insurance. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Front Page News, K-12, Meetings and Events, Top Stories Tagged With: budget, city funding, Fiscal Year 2017, fund balance, Oak Ridge Board of Education, pay increases, salary increases, teacher compensation

Anderson mayor: Budget proposal holds spending steady, no tax increase

Posted at 8:07 pm May 18, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff 1 Comment

Terry Frank

Terry Frank

The budget proposed by Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank for the next fiscal year would keep most county departments at current-year spending levels and it includes no tax increase, a press release said.

The proposed general fund budget was presented to the Anderson County Budget Committee on Tuesday afternoon, and it was unanimously approved at Thursday evening’s budget meeting, the Mayor’s Office said in the release.

The next fiscal year begins July 1.

The balanced $25,088,157 budget for the county’s general operating fund proposes maintaining a focus on stabilizing spending levels until “we have full economic recovery,” the press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County Budget Committee, Anderson County Commission, budget, budget process, budget proposal, Christopher K. Phillips, Connie Aytes, Dusty Irwin, funding, general fund budget, general operating fund, health insurance, Leonard Abbatiello, on-site medical clinic, Phil Warfield, public hearing, Robert McKamey, Russell Bearden, salary increases, schools, spending, tax increase, Terry Frank

Anderson County budget process moving along

Posted at 12:16 pm May 20, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Anderson County Courthouse

The Anderson County Courthouse on Main Street in Clinton is pictured above.

Information from WYSH Radio

As WYSH reported last week, the Anderson County Commission’s Budget Committee has approved County Mayor Terry Frank’s budget proposal for the fiscal year that begins on July 1. The proposed $25 million general fund budget keeps the property tax rate at current levels but does not include pay raises for county workers.

Previously, the budget committee had recommended keeping the funding for all county general fund offices at their current levels, and officials said that the budget does include provisions for a projected half-percent increase in the cost of health insurance and state-mandated salary increases for certain county officeholders.

When the various county departments submitted their initial budget requests, the total was about $2 million out of balance but “with understanding and help, we whittled that down,” according to Frank’s summary of the budget process released late last week. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Commission, Anderson County school system, budget, Budget Committee, budget proposal, county workers, general fund, general fund budget, health insurance, pay raises, property tax hike, property tax rate, salary increases, tax increase, Terry Frank, WYSH Radio

Anderson County budget process under way

Posted at 10:47 am May 19, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Anderson County Courthouse

The Anderson County Courthouse on Main Street in Clinton is pictured above.

Information from WYSH Radio

The Anderson County Commission’s Budget Committee has approved County Mayor Terry Frank’s no-frills budget proposal for the fiscal year that begins on July 1.

The proposed budget keeps the property tax rate at its current levels but does not include pay raises for county workers.

Previously, the budget committee had recommended keeping the funding for all county general fund offices at their current levels, and officials said the budget does include provisions for a possible 1 percent increase in the cost of health insurance and state-mandated salary increases for certain county officeholders.

The budget committee has also recommended that the county’s fund balance be increased from $3.5 million to $4 million. Budget discussions will continue during the next few weeks.

Filed Under: Anderson County, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County Commission, budget, Budget Committee, county workers, fund balance, health insurance, pay raises, salary increases, Terry Frank

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