Monroe County Executive Maggie
Brooks has held consistency within her County Budgets over her time in
office to help protect local taxpayers. Over the past eleven years County
Executive Maggie Brooks has consistently held a proposed balanced budget with no property tax increases to local taxpayers. A record high for Monroe County.
With her proposed 2015 budget, which included, no tax
increase, it holds county spending below inflation, and also cuts
mandated-fueled structural spending by 16% and operates only 0.6% increase from
2014.
With such a great track record, Maggie Brooks continues to
show excellence in keeping her word to the taxpayers on no increases. While
offering her word on no tax increases, she is still able to maintain and offer well-funded
services throughout the county.
“Monroe County’s 2015 budget stands as a shinning example of
just how much a government can do when it strives to live within its means
while enhancing the lives of the people it serves” states Brooks.
Brooks has stood by her word to local taxpayers. Since 2008
she has held a stable property tax rate. Over the past six years Maggie Brookes
has held a flat rate of $8.99 per $1,000 of assed value in Monroe County.
The current rate of inflation currently stands at 1.7%
indicated by the Consumer Price Index. Brooks holds spending below that rate of
1.7% in her 2015 budget by only spending 1.5%.
Her 2015 budget complies with the Taxpayer Protection Act,
an act that she proposed herself to the Legislature in 2007. Maggie Brooks
shows confidence and loyalty to all of her taxpayers and her past budget
proposals are evidence to back her up.
She has ideas to avoid easy and drastic solutions to achieve balanced
spending in the county.
With her as County Executive, and her dedication to strive
for excellence, she puts the people first, which is a reason why Monroe County
has been named one of the top ten places to live and raise a family.
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