Castle Pines North candidate for Mayor, Jeff Huff, secured a commitment from the board of directors of the Castle Pines North Metro District to implement a property tax reduction for 2010. Huff presented his argument for lower taxes at the board meeting September 21. “The board agreed to reduce the property tax for debt service by 8.3%,” announced Huff after the meeting. “This is the right thing to do for taxpayers who are struggling under a heavy tax load combined with a weak economy, depressed housing prices and high unemployment.”
The property tax decrease to 22 mills from 24 mills will save taxpayers in CPN $313,526.00 in 2010. “The tax reduction will decrease revenues to the District but the board should be able to make up for those lost revenues due to lower interest rate expenditures in 2010,” Huff explained.
“This is only the first step I will take in lowering costs for residents. I will ask the board of the Master Association for a significant reduction in dues at the budget meeting next month. If elected, I will also review city expenditures and make prudent cuts where necessary. We need to make sure taxpayers are getting their money’s worth.”
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Many of us in the community have advocated for a far more significant reduction in the CPNMD exorbitant mill levy. With $9,000 per house cash in the bank and 43 mills, a 2 mill reduction from a fund that can ONLY be used for debt repayment is nothing more than a political public relations move. I hope you will call for REAL cost savings in the future.
Councilman Coppola: As an ordinary citizen, I was able to achieve in a few weeks what the City negotiating team has been unable to do in 18 months.
I believe the current administration's all or nothing approach to negotiations has hampered any real progress. The City has turned down offers by the Metro District to share office space and administrative personnel.
These missed opportunities not only could have been used to lay the groundwork for future cooperative efforts, but they would have saved the taxpayers money as well.
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