City Council approves 2010 budget

City council has given final approval to the 2010 budget. It means a total property tax increase of 1 and 3 quarters per cent. It also means a water rate increase of about 8 per cent. City treasurer Carol Busch says the average taxpayer will have to shell out around a hundred dollars extra a year.  Busch says the average homeowner will pay about 31 hundred dollars a year for taxes and water.