By DON STINE
Interlaken residents will see a modest 1.7-cent increase in their municipal tax rate under the borough’s 2009 budget introduced last week.
A public hearing on the budget is scheduled for May 20.
Mayor Robert Wolf III said the only reason there was any tax increase in the borough was primarily due to a loss in state aid and other revenues.
“Looking at the total budget, it has barely budged. Our general costs (excluding pensions and salaries) haven’t increased at all,” he said. (more…)