The Arlington County Board unanimously passed a $1 billion budget for fiscal 2012 on Saturday.
The board voted 5-0 to adopt the budget.
The budget keeps the real-estate tax rate the same, at 95.8 cents of $100 assessed value, but will still raise taxes. Due to rising assessments, the average homeowner can expect to pay about $84 more in taxes next year.
The budget restores some services that had been cut in recent years, including reestablishing longer hours at the library and county parks. It also increases funding for schools, health care and housing assistance programs.
“We focused on helping those who need it most at a time when the economy is just beginning to recover from a damaging recession,” County Board Chairman Chris Zimmerman said in a statement. “We added money to fund core services, and gave the largest funding increase to public education, to ensure that our schools remain among the nation’s best. We also added some funding for key environmental measures.”
