The Greensboro City Council is considering increases in water and vehicle license fees. The council has until the end of June to pass a budget for the next fiscal year.
City Manager Jim Westmoreland is recommending a 4.5 percent increase for water, and $20 more for vehicle licenses.
Water rates have fluctuated in the last few years, but Westmoreland says Greensboro still has among the lowest rates in the country.
As for vehicle license fees, he says they haven't been raised since 1991. Additional revenue would go toward street repairs and bus services, among other things.
Meanwhile, property taxes would remain the same for the tenth consecutive year.
The News and Record reports the council will talk finances at its meeting on Monday. Local residents can weigh in at a public hearing May 17th.
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