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| Personnel, prison driving Lackawanna tax increase |
| By citizensvoice.com - David Singleton |
| Published: 10/16/2012 |
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Pennsylvania - Employee salaries and benefits and new staffing requirements at the Lackawanna County Prison are driving the 4 percent property tax increase that Commissioners Jim Wansacz and Corey O'Brien have proposed in their tentative county budget for 2013. In releasing the details of the $91.7 million spending plan during a public hearing Monday at the Administration Building, the Democratic majority commissioners said the budget will hold the line on expenses while allowing the county to make an investment in economic development through incentives for private-sector job creation. "We can lead and try to put people back to work in the private sector - not government jobs, the private sector - or we can sit by and do nothing," Wansacz said. Under the plan, the real estate tax rate would increase by 2.42 mills to 57.42 mills. With a mill equal to $1 in tax for every $1,000 of assessed value, the tax bill on a residential property assessed at the county average of $13,000 would jump $31 - from $715 to $746. Read More. |
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