tax hike

Spending Goes Up 6 Percent In City’s Preliminary Budget ONEONTA – A preliminary 2016 City of Oneonta budget, unveiled this evening, calls for a 6 percent spending increase and an increase of $34,000 in property tax revenues. Acting City Manager Meg Hungerford outlined the spending package at a special Common Council meeting. Higher spending is driven by “wage increases based on department requests, contractual obligations, equipment purchases and health insurance increases,” said Hungerford. “Taxes would be increased within the tax cap…