{"id":14296,"date":"2020-02-25T10:20:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T15:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=14296"},"modified":"2020-02-25T10:20:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T15:20:19","slug":"batavia-city-council-discusses-proposed-budget-cuts-tax-increase-overriding-the-tax-cap-and-a-water-rate-increase-bdc-presentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/02\/25\/batavia-city-council-discusses-proposed-budget-cuts-tax-increase-overriding-the-tax-cap-and-a-water-rate-increase-bdc-presentation\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/City Council discusses proposed budget cuts, tax increase, overriding the tax cap, and a water rate increase, BDC presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zuWGz82Qzhg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Batavia City Council held a Conference Meeting at City Hall on Monday night.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Batavia Development Corp.(BDC) was on hand with a presentation of what City projects are in the works and updates on those projects. Also, how the BDC works and what their role is with the City of Batavia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three Public Hearings were held in regards to the tax cap, the proposed budget, which contains cuts and a 7.5% tax increase after a $700,000 shortfall due to Video Lottery Terminal(VLT) payments being discontinued in the NYS Budget.  Also a Public Hearing on proposed water rates, meter fees and Capital Improvement fees and an explanation of the hike in water rates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">City Council will vote on the proposed budget at their March 9, 2020 meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Batavia City Council held a Conference Meeting at City Hall on Monday night. The Batavia Development Corp.(BDC) was on hand with a presentation of what City projects are in the works and updates on those projects. Also, how the BDC works and what their role is with the City of \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/02\/25\/batavia-city-council-discusses-proposed-budget-cuts-tax-increase-overriding-the-tax-cap-and-a-water-rate-increase-bdc-presentation\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[1898,2028],"class_list":["post-14296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","tag-batavia-city-council-meeting","tag-budget"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-3IA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13936,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/02\/11\/batavia-city-council-looking-at-a-possible-7-5-property-tax-increase-after-the-loss-of-vlt-money\/","url_meta":{"origin":14296,"position":0},"title":"BATAVIA\/ City Council looking at a possible 7.5% property tax increase after the loss of VLT money","author":"aka","date":"February 11, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/R81qT04p-k8 Batavia City Council meeting for February 10, 2020 discussing a possible 7.5% property tax increase that overrides the state tax cap. 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