HEARING ON COUNTY’S PROPOSED $714.5M BUDGET SET FOR TOMORROW by Ken Mahoney

HEARING ON COUNTY’S PROPOSED $714.5M BUDGET SET FOR TOMORROW by Ken Mahoney

Rockland Legislature’s Budget & Finance Committee meets tonight for the final time before the scheduled public hearing on the county’s proposed 2009 budget. Property owners tomorrow night will have an opportunity to comment on the $714.5 million dollar spending plan, which raises the county’s share of property taxes 9.85%. Budget & Finance Committee members this evening continue their item by item review and will be looking specifically at funding to contract agencies and not-for-profits.