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No tax increase in proposed Gainesville budget
Plans include more money for police, less for fire department, community service center
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Gainesville City Manager Kip Padgett has proposed a $30.3 million general fund budget for the 2015 fiscal year, which begins July 1, and is not recommending any tax increases. The current fiscal year’s budget is about $29.8 million. “I think we’re in a good place,” Padgett told City Council as he unveiled the proposed budget Thursday morning during a work session.