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Mr. McCarthy explained that the advertised budget required a 2 cent real estate tax increase, but that a nonrecurring expense (for acquisition of real property) could lx> taken out of the budget by using surplus funds, the result of which would be the elimination of the real estate tax increase. That prospective acquisition, not yet approved bv the Board of Supervisors or by the Washington Town Council, is a portion of the Avon Hall property that is currently optioned by the Town of Washington. The FY 2003 draft budget includes $400,000 for that purchase, representing 40 percent of the $1,000,000 price on Avon Hall and its contents agreed to by the Town. It would appear, if the two parties reach some
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