AUBURN — Councilors on Monday put the finishing touches on a fiscal year 2014-15 budget that increases property taxes by about $48 on a $150,000 home.

The budget calls for $37.9 million in municipal spending. Combined with a $38.2 million school budget approved by voters last week, spending goes to $76.1 million, with $41.6 million in property taxes for the coming year. That’s about $813,000 more in property taxes than the current budget.

The final budget means a lower tax bill than what councilors started with in April. The original budget would have increased property taxes about $157 on a $150,000 home.

To get to the lower figure, City Manager Clinton Deschene and city councilors had to cut spending and find new revenues, including creating a new city ambulance service. That increases city costs by $635,468 but is estimated to give the city $987,000 in new revenue.

Thanks largely to the ambulance service costs, Auburn’s expenses for the 2014-15 fiscal year will increase by about 4.74 percent. That’s well above the 2013’s 1.6 percent inflation rate and required a five-vote supermajority of councilors to win approval.

Councilors Tizz Crowley and Belinda Gerry voted against it and the remaining five supported the budget.

Councilors added a last-minute amendment to the budget that requires the city to make better crosswalks, bike lanes, on-street parking and narrower lanes that slow traffic on certain downtown streets. It’s part of the “Complete Streets” philosophy adopted by the council this spring.

Councilors also agreed to set aside $3,000 in excise taxes to help local snowmobile clubs apply for state grants.

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