Link to September 23 La Crosse Tribune article, "Harter holds down tax rate on first budget".Excerpt: The annual operating budget has widely been viewed as the mayor's first test since taking office in April.
He was confronted with significant reductions in state aid and investment earnings, coupled with unavoidable increases in contributions to health care and the employee retirement system.
The $72,440,164 Harter proposes spending in 2010 is about $3.7 million more than 2009, but he suggests offsetting the increase by shifting $1 million from the city's surplus account and asking department heads to hold spending to 2009 levels.
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