Rye budget avoids layoffs; property taxes up 2 percent
Photo credit: Faye Murman | Rye City Council holds a budget meeting at City Hall. (Nov. 28, 2012)
No layoffs or deep spending cuts and minimal property tax increase next year are among the highlights of the City of Rye's 2013 budget, which was approved by the City Council with little fanfare Wednesday night.
City Manager Scott Pickup's $45 million budget is about $1.5 million more than 2012's spending package -- mostly because of increased health care and pension costs and labor obligations...
