BERLIN — City councilors Monday night heard financial requests from numerous non-profit agencies, which led to public comment to “think of us taxpayers.”
The Berlin Public Library and the city’s departments of health and welfare also presented their budgets for fiscal year 2027, which begins July 1 and ends June 30, 2027.
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