Politics & Government
Open Space, Road Bonds on Johnston Town Council Agenda
The Johnston Town Council is scheduled to meet tonight at 7 pm at Johnston Municipal Court.
At tonight's Johnston Town Council meeting, councilors are expected to consider two bond items totalling $5 million to repair roads and preserve open space.
Tonight's session is scheduled to begin at 7 pm at .
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According to tonight's agenda, which is attached to this article, the council is expected to vote on adding a $4 million bond item to the November ballot "for the design and construction of roadway improvements" at various sites around town.
The second bond item, valued at $1 million, would provide funding to the Johnston Municipal Land Trust to purchase land and preserve it as open space.
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Town Councilors are also expected to set the town's schedule of collecting taxes in fiscal 2013, including the $24.75-per-$1,000 levy for residental property, which . Johnston's $59.22-per-$1,000 tangible property rate and car tax levy of $41.46 per $1,000 will also remain the same.
And in a further update to the — following this spring's — the town council is scheduled to award the bid for installation of a new boiler at the police station.
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