Alexandria City Council OKs $588 Million Budget for Fiscal Year 2013

Council unanimously approves budget, reinstates some programs, but grapples with unfunded state pension mandate.

City Council on Monday evening voted unanimously to adopt a $587.9 million operating budget for fiscal year 2013 and to leave the real estate tax rate unchanged at 99.8 cents per $100 of assessed property value. The 2013 budget is a 3.7 percent increase from FY2012. Other city tax rates, as well as the solid waste and sanitary sewer tax rates, remain unchanged. The average Alexandria homeowner’s taxes will increase by $52, or 1.2 percent, due to increased property values, according to the city. “We wish we could have done more, but we feel we were responsive” to the needs and concerns of the community, said Mayor Bill Euille in council chambers before the 7-0 vote. Additionally, the city will transfer $179.5 million to Alexandria City …

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