In a brief but busy meeting at the Oneida Municipal Building Thursday, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved the new fiscal year budget and a $1.03 property tax rate on second and final reading.

The tax rate is up by three cents this year.

Both the budget resolution and the tax rate were approved by 3-0 votes, with two aldermen (Sharon Miller and David Lowe) absent.

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