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Atherton budget remains healthy

Original post made on Jun 19, 2019

The Atherton City Council will consider approving the town's 2019-20 fiscal year budget at its Wednesday (June 19) meeting, and it looks like the town will maintain a comfortable budget surplus.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, June 19, 2019, 9:29 AM

Comments (3)

Posted by MEMBERONE
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Jun 19, 2019 at 12:18 pm

Good. Then don't be asking for a parcel tax when it comes up next time...


Posted by Lesson
a resident of Atherton: West Atherton
on Jun 19, 2019 at 12:36 pm

We are in the tail end of a very long boom cycle. We should not assume these results will continue to occur. The surplus should not be used as an invitation to increase spending.

Also, given the surplus, why has the town decided it's appropriate to charge residents for alarm monitoring??


Posted by Peter Carpenter
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Jun 19, 2019 at 12:46 pm

Peter Carpenter is a registered user.

Well at least they won't need to continue to try to steal tax revenue from the Fire District.


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