The Brockton City Council has taken $1 million in new growth and state aid revenue that some officials wanted to put into a stabilization account, and will use it instead to help lower the tax burden on residents and businesses by reducing the amount of money that must be raised through taxes next year.

The move last week comes ahead of an expected protest at a meeting Monday  at which the 11-member City Council is scheduled to hear public comment before setting Brockton’s property tax rates for fiscal year 2013. By law, municipalities can raise their tax levy – the total amount collected in property taxes — by up to 2.5 percent each year.