The draft budget calls for a real estate tax rate of 85 cents per $100 valuation, a 5.5-cent jump from the 2014 tax rate of 79.5. The personal property tax rate would hold steady at $4.15 per $100 valuation. The draft budget includes an allocation to the schools of $14.75 million, which is $1 million more than the schools received last fiscal year, and just over $500,000 less than the schools requested. – Christina Dimeo Guseman
