The Jasper City Council met on Wednesday evening and adopted the tax rate and budget, and also approved a measure, which will result in residents not getting an increase on their electric rates but paying more for garbage.

Under the plan, as adopted, the tax rate, which is currently $0.2226, will go up to $0.2850 or roughly 6 cents per $100 in evaluation of property.

As far as utilities are concerned, garbage pick up for both residential and commercial will be increased by $2.00.

The council apparently took the measures to avoid a possible overall loss or windfall of $400,000.

The council's plan as adopted, will raise the amount of spending from $28,917,078 last year to the total of $30,178,103 in the upcoming fiscal year.

District 4 Councilwoman Angel McCroskey made a motion to alloc

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