Council tax rise likely for 2009

COUNCIL Tax is likely to rise again for Thame residents next year, following a decision by Thame Town Council to ask for an increased precept (Thame’s part of the Council Tax) for 2009-2010.

At its meeting on Tuesday, December 16, the council agreed its budget for the next financial year, after, it stated, “looking carefully at ways of making savings in order to keep the precept as low as possible.”

The result was that the town council will ask the county council for