The entrance to Shipbuilder’s Village on Mulberry Street.
Milton officials plan to award bids for a $174,000 project that would repave four streets in Shipbuilder’s Village at town council’s Monday, April 5 meeting.
The project would remove the existing pavement and repave Bay Court, Rudder Lane, South Spinnaker Lane and a portion of Shipbuilders Boulevard.
Town Manager Kristy Rogers said construction could begin as soon as the contract is signed. Rogers said funding for the project comes from the town’s municipal street aid funds.
The town’s request for proposals specifies that the project must be completed no later than Tuesday, June 1.
Rate bumped from 8.25 percent to 5 percent
Milton Town Council approved a property tax decrease from 8.25 percent to 5 percent after receiving a $100,000 grant from the state for a drainage and bulkhead improvement project on Mulberry Street and because town home sales have already exceeded expectations. FILE PHOTO
Ryan Mavity February 12, 2021
Milton Town Council has reversed its previously approved 8.25 percent property tax increase in the fiscal year 2021 budget and reduced the rate down to 5 percent.
The council passed the measure Jan. 27. Town Manager Kristy Rogers told council members that after reviewing the town’s financial statements ending Dec. 31, the town’s financial performance, particularly in home sales and real estate transfer tax, was higher than anticipated. The tax decrease also comes as a result of a decrease in town cost for the budget’s largest capital expense: the drainage and bulkhead project at the Magnolia Street parking lot. Of the $835
$1.67 million loan to be forgiven after construction
Milton Town Council has set a Saturday, Jan. 16 date for a referendum to borrow $1.67 million for a series of water main replacement projects. The town will have to pay interest during construction, and once the project is complete, the loan will be 100 percent forgiven. FILE PHOTO
Ryan Mavity December 24, 2020
Milton Town Council unanimously approved a resolution setting a Saturday, Jan. 16 public hearing on a $1.67 million water infrastructure project.
The town is asking voters to approve borrowing the money from the state’s Water Infrastructure Advisory Council on terms favorable to the town: interest-only payments during construction with 100 percent loan forgiveness once the project is completed. Town Manager Kristy Rogers told council Dec. 7 that the town would pay $16,700 during the six-month construction period, with funds coming from the town’s transfer tax reserves. She said there will be no fee increas