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Question of the Day: Should Council Have Cut More or Less From Budget?

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The adopted a $9,565,199 budget Tuesday night that represented a $44,900 reduction (or 3 percent) from the 2011 budget that was introduced last month.

The budget needed to be reduced to be under the state-mandated 2 percent cap, but while taxes are expected to increase by about $126 for the average home assessed at $147,000, some feel the budget should have been reduced further. Council President Linda Huntley said the council wanted to leave some money available in the budget in case of an emergency.

For today's Question of the Day, we're asking: Do you think Bloomingdale's 2011 Municipal Budget should have been reduced further or less?

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