Last night, Councilman Robinson along with 8 other democrats on the Allegany County council proposed an ordinance that would increase the property tax by a 21.3%. The current property tax is .469% and would be increased by this ordinance to .569% so a property worth $100,000 would see a tax increase of $100,000. However the proposal might be against state law that prohibits a property tax increases over 5% during property reassessment years. Allegheny county has just such a property reassessment in 2012. Councilman Robinson proposed this ordinance in order to fund programs that County Executive Onorato proposed cutting in order to meet a budget cap. The proposed cuts, which total twenty three million dollars, would be to a local community college, child welfare and afterschool programs. Onorato’s proposal would also get rid of 120 county employees and possibly 1,000 to 2,000 people working for companies contracted by the county. At any rate we shall have to wait until the Thursday’s business and finance committee meeting to find out the fate of the proposal.
Source Article: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11318/1189884-100.stm
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