City Business
Details on the innerworkings of city business, including managing municipal finances, setting policies, and communication strategies to ensure transparency and citizen advocacy.
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Where do your property taxes go, if not just to the city?
Many people are surprised at how little of their property taxes go to the city. It’s only a little over 1/5 that actually go to all of the services provided in the city. In Castroville, right at 1/2 of the property taxes go to the School District (we should all be happy to invest in Continue reading
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Where does the city get money?
City finances can be quite confusing at first, but we can simplify them – both by explaining how they work and by constructing a budget that separates expenses into easily understandable chunks. NOTE: We’ll discuss revenues in detail in this post and look at expenses in separate posts. We have two major categories of revenue Continue reading
Life in Castroville 