Commissioners: No tax hike expected for 2016
WEST CHESTER — The Chester County Commissioners Thursday unveiled the preliminary 2016 county budget. The proposed budget does not increase taxes for county property owners — which would mark the fourth straight year without a tax increase.
Presenting the preliminary budget to the Commissioners at Thursday’s Sunshine meeting, Mark Rupsis, County Chief Operating Officer noted that the county...
GOP says Wolf’s tax math doesn’t add up
And they may have a point, when it comes to sales tax hike
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
WEST CHESTER — Five of the county’s state legislative delegation pushed back on Gov. Tom Wolf’s sales tax increase proposal Friday — arguing that it would cost Chester County taxpayers an additional $177 million a year in taxes.
State Representatives Dan Truitt (R-156), Becky Corbin (R-155), Tim Hennessey...
Op/Ed: It’s time to overhaul state’s tax code
Gov. Wolf deserves credit for starting a conversation on taxing
By Kathi Cozzone, Chester County Commissioner
Chester County Commissioner Kathi Cozzone
Most Pennsylvanians would agree that our tax code needs some work. I talk to many residents with long-standing complaints: senior citizens having trouble coping with rising school property taxes, small business owners paying the nation’s highest...
Wolf pitches severance tax, education funding in Caln
Proposed act would put 5% tax on natural gas extraction, raise up to $1B
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
Gov. Tom Wolf introduces his proposal for a natural gas severance tax, with much of the proceeds to go to education funding, at Caln Elementary School, Wednesday.
CALN – Gov. Tom Wolf visited Caln Elementary School Wednesday morning to introduce the Pennsylvania Education Reinvestment...
Coatesville budget vote signals real progress
Kudos to City Council for stepping up to address fiscal mess
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
In a world of typically boring municipal budgets, the City of Coatesville is about to get very interesting.
Monday night, the City Council voted to approve a preliminary budget for 2015 that does two seemingly impossible things: it doesn’t raise property taxes and it doesn’t dip into the city’s dwindling...
City Council resists tax increase in passing 2015 budget
Council rejects 16.1% proposed tax increase, will look to make cuts instead
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
COATESVILLE – The City Council passed a preliminary budget for 2015 at Monday’s meeting, which includes taking nothing from the city’s trust fund and no tax increase — meaning the city will need to find spending cuts to balance the budget before month’s end.
The proposed...
Tis’ the season for finalizing municipal budgets
East Marlborough OKs 2015 budget; fire tax increases by .10 mils, other rates hold steady
By Karen Cresta, Correspondent, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH – The Township Board of Supervisors’ meeting on Monday night was held with a successful outcome of an approved budget for 2015. The good news for township residents – the real estate (1.05 mils), library (.183 mils) and open space (.2 mils) taxes...
Road safety is a focus in Chadds Ford
No property tax increase in 2015
By Kris Firey-Poling, Correspondent, The Times
Chadds Ford Township Supervisors Keith Klaver (left) and Frank Murphy discuss road safety issues with residents, during Wednesday night’s Board of Supervisors meeting.
CHADDS FORD — Road safety dominated Wednesday night’s township Board of Supervisors meeting.
Township Engineer Joseph Mastronardo presented the...
Letter: Rep. Pitts only represents the 1%, not us
Editor’s Note: The following is an open letter to U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts — and it’s author asked that it be published as a letter to the editor.
Dear Rep. Pitts,
I received your letter asking me to contribute to your re-election campaign and vote for you on Nov 4th. It was good to hear from you.
You expressed pride in the work that you have supposedly done for me. Really? That is delusional;...
Downingtown sees $171-476k expenditure increase for 2015
Borough $815k under budget for 2014, expenses to go up next year
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
DOWNINGTOWN – Borough Finance Director Judith Walters said that the borough anticipates an $815,000 surplus for 2014 when the borough council reviewed budgets at Wednesday night’s meeting.
Walters said that the surplus came from various hires that were budgeted but not made as well as police...
