Barton Community College’s board of trustees is considering a budget that will pay for salary increases and a few new jobs, without raising the mill levy on local property taxes.The budget was discussed Tuesday at a board study session. A proposed budget will be approved for publication later this month, with the public budget hearing on Aug. 9.The mill levy for the college has stayed around 33.124 for several years, by design.“I believe this would be the ninth consecutive year,” Barton President Dr. Carl Heilman said.A year ago, to keep that rate the same, the college levied about $900,000 less than the previous year. This year, oil valuations are down to $27 a barrel (from an all-time high of $84), but there have been increases in real estate to offset that.