11/16/17
by News Department on 11/16/17Tax Increase...
The Schuylkill County commissioners voted 2-1, on Wednesday, to approve a preliminary budget that contains a 1-mill real-estate tax increase.
According to the Republican Herald, the budget includes more than $61 million in spending, with the proposed hike.
Since the average property in Schuylkill County is assessed at $31,595, the proposed tax increase to 15.98 mills will cost the average property owner $31.59 a year.
Income from the increase will be divided between the general fund (0.55 mills) and debt service (0.45 mills).
The tentative budget, which will not need final approval until December, contains $61,222,201 in expenditures. It also includes a $5 per capita tax.
