Daily Archives: September 20, 2009

Bal Harbour Village Council will increase tax rate

Bal Harbour’s tax rate will increase in order to offseta dip in property values. BY RODOLFO ROMANSpecial to The Miami HeraldThe Bal Harbour Village Council unanimously approved an 8.6 percent tax rate increase at its final budget hearing Tuesday. The new rate, which takes effect Oct. 1, is an increase from $2.308 per $1,000 of…

El Portal turns down charter school

BY RODOLFO ROMANSpecial to The Miami HeraldThe El Portal Village Council shut down a proposal to turn the former Rader Memorial United Methodist Church site into a charter school after the plan drew opposition from residents. “If this is going to cost us a great deal of angst for villagers, I can’t see myself in…