rshinohara@adn.com
(12/07/10 19:34:12)
The Anchorage Assembly tonight approved a $435 million city operating budget for 2011 -- a spending plan that cuts services and positions from this year's level, but raises property taxes by only half of 1 percent.
The final version eased up on some cuts that Mayor Dan Sullivan first proposed two months ago, at the start of the process, thanks to a decision by the Assembly last month to increase tobacco taxes by $5.7 million annually beginning in January.
With the anticipated new tobacco tax money, the administration restored $3.2 million in programs and services that had been slated for cuts. The rest went to offset property taxes.
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