Arlington faces deadline to finalize budget, property tax rate
The Arlington Board of Mayor and Aldermen will hold a special-called meeting Monday night to consider final reading of the annual budget and a $1.13 property tax rate.
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The Arlington Board of Mayor and Aldermen will hold a special-called meeting Monday night to consider final reading of the annual budget and a $1.13 property tax rate.
After a few meetings and some recalculating, Arlington has lowered its proposed property tax rate. But some aldermen want the number decreased some more.
After a bit of figuring, Arlington is getting closer to setting its property tax rate. Now officials must decide whether ambulance service is covered by a fee or property taxes.
Questions about some of the calculations that set the certified property tax rate, delayed the first reading of the budget in Arlington.
“Growth hasn’t paid for itself, and government expenses have grown faster than the growth,” one resident said, adding that the town’s budget has tripled throughout the same dozen years while the population has not even doubled.
With a new Kroger and Baptist emergency department firmly in place on Airline Road near Interstate 40 in Arlington and new businesses opening nearby, developers are envisioning mixed-use projects in the area.
Arlington officials express concerns about the potential testing route for a proposed driver's license station on U.S. 70.
Arlington Mayor Mike Wissman said he wants to address some pressing issues in the coming year from employee salaries to vacant buildings and dealing with infrastructure needs for the growing town.
With hopes to bring in much-needed staff, the Arlington board approved plans that would double the suburb’s Town Hall space.
After years of waiting, officials have approved a general plan for a significant stretch of land on the south side of Interstate 40. But infrastructure across the expressway is still a question.
The Germantown Republican looks at past and future strides as he seeks another term in Congress in the November election.
The economic impact plans for new mixed-use projects in Arlington and Lakeland will help with infrastructure costs.
The new $31 million Kroger includes a Starbucks, The Little Clinic, and super-sized departments like produce, meat and seafood, as well as beauty and wellness.
Arlington takes another swerve in its plans to expand and/or move Town Hall.
With delays stalling a new town hall in Arlington and the need for more space for government functions, officials are expanding the current city-administration building.
Arlington High opened in the fall of 2004 when the town’s population was roughly 3,000. Today, it is estimated at 16,000, more than five times it sizes 20 years ago.
The Memphis suburb’s mayor’s seat, three alderman positions and two Arlington Community Schools (ACS) board offices are on this year’s town ballot.
Lyle Conley escapes with a narrow victory in an Arlington school board race as incumbents rule the day, many of them unopposed.
The winners in Arlington’s elections on Thursday now look to the future of a town on the verge of more growth.
Arlington voters have a choice in only two of the six races on Thursday’s ballot. The other four are uncontested.
Arlington’s growth, with a slight nod to the proposed BlueOval City plant, has nudged the project higher on the TDOT priority list. Mayor Mike Wissman said the town has sought the interchange work for years.
Dealing with hundreds of acres of undeveloped land south of Interstate 40, Arlington officials want to make sure they establish a plan in keeping with town’s character.
Mayor Mike Wissman — alongside 6-year-old “Mayor For a Day” Molly Grace Caldwell — ran a tight ship at Arlington’s annual budget review, keeping the suburb’s property-tax rate at $1.28 for the fourth consecutive year.
“Mayor Mike Wissman and a couple of town aldermen won their reelection this week even though Arlington voters don’t go to the polls until Aug. 1.”
With the qualifying deadline passing on Thursday, Arlington Mayor Mike Wissman will win his fourth term as mayor since no candidates emerged to challenge him.
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