Our Town by William Kelly: Bigger Palm Beach budget would add police officers, other personnel while cutting the property tax rate

Palm Beach Town Manager Kirk Blouin is proposing a $124.7 million operating budget for 2025-26 – an increase of about $5.5 million, or 4.6 percent, over this year.

Mayor Danielle Moore and the Town Council are scheduled to take up the spending plan and a proposed lower property tax rate at a budget workshop on Thursday, July 10, beginning at 9:30 a.m. in Town Hall.

Final approval of the budget will occur at two public hearings before the council on September 8 and September 18 at 5:01 p.m. in Town Hall…

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