February 9th, 2017 by WCBC Radio

Although it was a relatively upbeat “state of the city” address, Cumberland Mayor Brian Grim emphasized this week that the city and its citizens have some difficult choices to make in the near future. Grim described the state of the city as “strong” but said that as the budget process for FY 17-18 is set to get underway- choices have to be made. Primarily, he says, citizens need to choose between a reduction in services and an increase in the tax rate- versus expanding the tax base with projects such as the controversial Rolling Mill Development…