Post by Logan on May 3, 2016 1:08:50 GMT -6
Charlotte city manager wants 1% property tax increase to hire police
To pay for 50 new police officers, Charlotte City Manager Ron Carlee has recommended a small property tax increase in the upcoming year’s budget, which was unveiled Monday.
But City Council could choose another path, if it’s wary of raising the tax rate for the third time in four years.
One option is to increase the fees people pay for garbage collection, while another is to eliminate trash collection for apartments.
City officials have said that Charlotte is unique among large cities in collecting trash from apartments. But apartment owners have pushed back against the proposal, saying it would hurt low-income residents because their landlords would pass along the higher collection fees to renters.
Read more here: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article75213492.html
As painful as property tax increases are, it is also necessary to raise sufficient revenues to fund essential services. It seems like the property tax is the fairer route to go rather than to increase trash collection fees or eliminate trash collection for apartments since the police are there to protect property rather than garbage.
To pay for 50 new police officers, Charlotte City Manager Ron Carlee has recommended a small property tax increase in the upcoming year’s budget, which was unveiled Monday.
But City Council could choose another path, if it’s wary of raising the tax rate for the third time in four years.
One option is to increase the fees people pay for garbage collection, while another is to eliminate trash collection for apartments.
City officials have said that Charlotte is unique among large cities in collecting trash from apartments. But apartment owners have pushed back against the proposal, saying it would hurt low-income residents because their landlords would pass along the higher collection fees to renters.
Read more here: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article75213492.html
As painful as property tax increases are, it is also necessary to raise sufficient revenues to fund essential services. It seems like the property tax is the fairer route to go rather than to increase trash collection fees or eliminate trash collection for apartments since the police are there to protect property rather than garbage.