Rye City budget would raise taxes, freeze spending
Photo credit: Faye Murman | Rye City Council holds a budget meeting at City Hall. (Nov. 28, 2012)
The Rye City Council on Wednesday night gave tentative approval to a preliminary $45 million 2013 budget, which features a 3 percent property tax increase and the elimination of three vacant positions.
The spending package is about $1.5 million more than the 2012 budget -- mostly because of increased health care and pension costs and labor obligations -- but keeps department and program spending...
