The county is considering another property tax increase next year. We just had a 21% tax increase this year. Seems as though the county wants to have a rainy day fund. To do this, the county may be:
• Making renewed efforts to collect county debts, including back taxes.
• Raising fees for use of county facilities like sports fields and golf courses.
• Reducing or eliminating the discount period for paying property taxes early.
• Cutting or eliminating the $15,000 homestead exemption.
• Raising taxes for 2013 by as much as another mill.
Here in Mt. Lebanon, our rainy day fund may be used to turf a field for rainy days. We do have that other rainy day fund called the stormwater fee.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/region/allegheny-county-could-face-another-tax-increase-councilman-warns-634776/
1 comment:
I like to call the Stormwater fee a "slush fund."
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