The Albany City Council came close this week to approving flashing lights to warn drivers on North Albany Road of the school zone speed limit when school is in session.
While the Albany City Council keeps talking about how to raise $6 million a year for street repairs, the city’s street crew keeps plugging away on temporary fixes by patching the broken asphalt one block at a time.
Wanting more money, the Albany City Council Wednesday turned down a company’s offer to buy three vacant city-owned lots so the business could expand.
Every year, Albany will charge people more for “city services” based on inflation, the city council has decided.
Albany’s Talking Water Gardens has been out of operation since last December, and this dry spring it really shows. The water level in the lower pond is way down, and the upper ponds are completely dry.
If it’s necessary to raise more money for street repairs, pollsters report that voters in the city prefer a local gas tax to a monthly street maintenance fee on their water bills.
What Albany’s new construction tax costs
Owners planning to build projects in Albany may want to file for permits before the end of the year. After that, they’ll get hit with the city of Albany’s latest new tax.
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