Wrangell Sentinel -

As budget deadlines draw ever closer, a pair of meetings will be held at City Hall next week. The Board of Equalization meets Monday at 6:30 p.m., and the Wrangell Assembly will hold a public hearing on the Fiscal Year 2016 budget at 6 p.m. on Tuesday.

Comprised of members of the Assembly, the Board of Equalization meets every year in early May. Forty-eight appeals have been filed this year, after assessors found improvement values had risen by five percent. While property values remained largely unchanged, this increase still affects overall taxable value, translating into higher payments...