Combined budget plans raise taxes 11.4% in Westbrook

Westbrook’s proposed municipal budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 is $35.7 million, up $2.7 million from the current $32.9 million. Combined with the Cumberland County tax assessment of the city and the proposed school spending plan, property taxes would rise 11.4%. “The proposed budget must respond to the challenges of drastic market inflation for goods and services, reduced revenue sharing from the state and a decline in several of our previously dependable revenue sources – in this Westbrook is not unique,” acting Mayor David Morse said in his...