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<P>The Council voted to keep the tax rate the same as last year (64.1 cents per $100 of valuation).&nbsp; Here's a link to yesterday's Gazette article with more info:</P>
<P><A href="http://www.gazette.net/stories/061208/portnew182218_32366.shtml"><U><FONT color=#0000ff>http://www.gazette.net/stories/061208/portnew182218_32366.shtml</U></FONT></A></P>
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<P>The next Town Crier will also have an article about the FY 08-09 budget.</P>
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<P>Kate Sharpe</P>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: Lisa Grob &lt;lisagrob@verizon.net&gt;<BR>To: TownTalk &lt;TownTalk@riverdale-park.org&gt;<BR>Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 5:57:41 PM<BR>Subject: [RP TownTalk] Tax Rate<BR><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">How does the proposed tax rate compare to last year˘s?</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks,</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Lisa Grob</SPAN></FONT></P>
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