BERLIN — Another budget cycle is over for the city council and it ended with a projected $1 decrease in the tax rate.

The council unanimously approved a general fund fiscal year 2021 budget of $35.8 million, an increase of $1.9 million over the current budget. Revenues were also up and the result is an estimated tax rate of $38.82.

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