For 15 years, one of the things Oakwood residents and businesses could count on was a mostly steady tax rate. That could drastically change Monday night if Oakwood City Council decides to increase the rate by 50 percent. In an interview last week about the city’s financial state, City Manager Stan Brown said that, because of mounting debts and other pressing needs, the move is unavoidable.
Oakwood mulls major tax hike as debt, bills pile up