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Despite road concerns, Randall supervisors OK budget
RANDALL — Two supervisors voted against the town’s 2010 budget Wednesday night because it doesn’t include enough money for certain purposes.
Supervisor Rose Nolan said the $122,554 for roadwork is insufficient, while Supervisor Bob Gehring said he was unsuccessful in getting a line item allocation for agricultural preservation.
Despite their protest, the budget was approved by a 3-2 vote.
It includes a 1 percent increase in expenditures, from $1,507,358 to $1,520,834.
The town’s portion of the total tax levy will increase 4.9 percent, from $533,171 to $590,755 while the library portion of the total levy will decrease 1 percent, from $157,619 to $156,335.
The total levy will increase 3.6 percent, from $720,790 to $747,090.
The corresponding tax rate is estimated to be $1.35 per $1,000 of assessed property value. This means the owner of a $200,000 home would contribute $270 to support the town and the Community Library system, which has branches in Salem, Silver Lake and Twin Lakes.
Other town officials agreed that $122,554 is not enough money to keep up with the maintenance of 23 miles of road when it costs $100,000 to repair just one mile.
However, they said this is all the town can afford given other town needs and the state-imposed revenue limit.
“We keep taking money out of the budget for this,” Nolan said. “It gets less and less and less. The roads are a mess.”
Supervisor Ken Mangold said this is why the town is conducting a road study and plans to ask the electorate for approval to spend more on roads, possibly by way of a bond issuance.
This was done in the neighboring Wheatland where similar budget constraints made it difficult to keep up with road repairs.
“We know there is not enough money,” Mangold said, adding it is no reason to vote against the budget. “Our (general levy) is $590,000. Where are you going to get money out of that for roads?”
Chairman Bob Stoll added the town did a good job of staying within the limits set by the state.
“We are not anticipating going into any reserves,” Stoll said. “So, that is good news.”
This was accomplished even though intergovernmental revenue is projected to decrease 4.5 percent, from $212,816 to $203,179.
This includes decreases in transportation aid, from $84,089 to $79,903, and in shared revenue, from $53,384 to $45,381.
Conversely, the town expects to see an 8.2 percent increase in revenue from permits and license fees.
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