The City of Orangeburg is not planning to raise property taxes to fund its $29.8 million general fund budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

The budget does, however, include several fee and fine increases. News

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“Many of these fees and fines have not been increased for years,” Orangeburg City Administrator Sidney Evering told City Council on Aug. 19.

“We do offer quite a few benefits that are no cost to the community. Obviously everything has a cost attached to it,” he said. Elections

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Fees will increase across some sectors to keep up with the cost of inflation, Evering said.

These increases include:

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