The budget set by the council would mean an increase from £309.34 to £353 a rise of 14pc.

If he is right, that would mean an increase in value of about $200 million since September 2003.

In effect, that would probably mean an increase of no more than 3 percent.

This will mean an increase in the average access time of 0.0014R.

But he said it would mean a big increase in costs.

That would have meant a total increase of 6 to 6.5 percent.

All of which means an increase in admission price to $9.

The proposed budget will mean an increase in our county tax of 36 percent, to $22 per $1,000.

"We could see that full assessment would mean a huge increase in our tax bill."

This change will mean an increase in their power and responsibility.