In a special-called meeting on Sept. 11, Fairfield City Council officially approved the budget and tax rate for the 2020-21 fiscal year, settling on the property tax rate of $0.464582 per $100 valuation. The budget will raise more revenue from property taxes than last year by an amount of $66,539, which is a 6.48 percent increase from 2019-20. The property tax revenue to be raised from new…