TROIANO: WORKING ON TAX DECREASE, CAN'T TALK ABOUT SPECIFICS

Wildwood's City Commission made news recently when it announced that it was looking to cut the proposed tax increase from 18 cents down to just under eight cents. Coastal Broadcasting spoke with Wildwood Mayor Ernie Troiano on Thursday, following the public hearing on the budget on Wednesday, and he said that he could not go into the specifics of the plan the city is looking at. During the interview, the Mayor said the city is making changes to its day-to-day operation. The city is beginning to charge for events that are held in Wildwood, and more specifically on the beach. Troiano said when times were bad, the city had to go out of its way to bring people down. Now that times are tough, the city is going to do what it has to in order to bring in additional revenue. Taxing amusement rides, bring an Off Track Betting establishment to Wildwood, and working with some developers, is among some of the other larger ways the commissioners are looking at bringing down the tax rate in the future.