538 taxable parcels
2010-2011 2011-2012
Tax Rate $2.8655* $2.9265*
General Fund Budget
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538 taxable parcels
2010-2011 2011-2012
Tax Rate $2.8655* $2.9265*
General Fund Budget
1,868 taxable parcels
2010-2011 2011-2012
Tax Rate $4.3174* $4.3174*
General Fund Budget
and Mary Thurwachter
Health-care insurance checkups are turning up substantial savings for at least two coastal municipalities as they near completion of this year’s budget process.
Lantana saved $230,000 by switching employe
1,540 taxable parcels
2010-2011 2011-2012
Tax Rate $5.25* $5.25* tentative
General Fund Budget
32,220 taxable parcels
2010-2011 2011-2012
Tax Rate $7.19* $7.19*
General Fund Budget $94.9 million $93.4 million
General Fund Reserves
Beachgoers may pay a quarter more an hour for parking in Delray Beach in the next budget year, which would raise about $193,000 in new fees for the city.
The parking increase was one of several proposed fee increases presented at the
and Mary Kate Leming
Ocean Ridge employees will forgo cost-of-living increases this year and the town will continue to make do with a part-time maintenance worker as commissioners push for cuts that will help prevent spending from re
How big should a Manalapan beach house be?
Until now, the answer has been: not big enough to live in, sleep in, cook in or rent out.
Certainly not big enough to be seen from State Road A1A, so lush landscaping is a must.
By
The second and final public hearing is set for 6:
Fireworks may return to Lantana next year and, after three years of flat salaries, Lantana employees could get extra money — both expenses the town is trying to shoehorn into a tight budget without raising the tax rate.
Counc
Town Manager Linda Stumpf’s budget proposal called for th
By Margie Plunkett
The restaurant sector has retained its place on Delray Beach’s most-wanted list.
The commission unanimously turned down an ordinance to remove parking incentives from some Atlantic Avenue restaurants that would have doubled t
By Steve Plunkett
Delray Beach will charge the Town of Gulf Stream about $38,000 a year extra for fire-rescue service to Ballantrae condominiums, the 4001 North Ocean project and other recently annexed parcels.
Delray Beach city commissioners v
Margie Plunkett and Mary Kate Leming
What a jolt to Ocean Ridge commissioners, who found a defibrillator at each of their chairs on the dais at the start of last month’s town meeting.
The brand-new machines weren’t intended as commentary on the livelin
South Palm Beach music lovers will no longer have a choice of two nights to watch their favorite performers, as the town’s cultural committee decided to cut the traditional back-to-back performances to a single night for each artist in
The Briny Breezes Town Council and the corporation that owns most of the town took steps during July town budget meetings to ease the tensions between them.
The council and the president of Briny Breezes Inc. discussed signing a
Town commissioners struggled with reshaping the Police Department — or at least budgeting less money for it — in their latest strategy workshop.
“We have a force and policies which would support a community two to five times t
By Tim O'Meilia
The corporation that operates in tandem with the town council has agreed to pay one-third of the $30,000 it has been withholding from the town in a dispute over the town’s total budget.
The $10,000 payment covers June through Sept
Briny Breezes has a new clerk, and she’s both experienced and eager to work — driving north from Broward County a few days a week because she says she likes working for small government.
Shari Canada doesn’t live in Briny or own prope
