Thursday, January 3, 2013
Commissioners pass 2013 spending plan.
Crescent commissioners approved the township's $1.8 million 2013 budget, re-adjusting the township's millage rate to 6.4. The budget was approved following the board's Dec. 27 meeting, one week after Allegheny County Judge Robert Gallo approved the township's petition to increase the budget 13 percent from the previous year. The budget marks an $801,437 increase from 2012's spending plan; following property re-appraisal estimates for the community, the millage was lowered from 2012's rate of 6.5 mils. Municipalities must receive court approval before increasing revenues by more than 5 percent during reassessment years. In a petition filed before the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, solicitor Richard Start said several federally …
Friday, December 28, 2012
An Allegheny County judge has extended the deadline for municipalities to finalize 2013 millage rates.
Officials in Moon and Robinson have opted to delay setting millage rates for 2013 following a court order extending deadlines for municipalities to approve budgets and property tax rates. Municipalities have the option to re-examine and modify their final millage rates no later than 10 days before 2013 tax bills are mailed, according to the court order. The deadline to adopt municipal budgets has been delayed until Jan. 31, though the neighboring communities have approved 2013 spending plans. Allegheny County Judge Stanton R. Wettick earlier this month moved to extend the deadlines as municipalities work to finalize their budgets with uncertainty regarding property assessment appeals. Robinson Township commissioners unanimously …
Thursday, March 1, 2012
The district advises residents to seek information on the Allegheny County property assessment website.
Correction: An earlier version of this article stated that Moon Area School Board authorized an Act 1 exception. This was incorrect. The board did not authorize such as exception. The article has been updated to reflect this. The Moon Area School District cannot advise residents of what impact newly released property assessment values will have on 2013 property taxes, according to a statement released by the district. The district said that it will not announce 2013 tax millage rate until June of 2013. "The district is bound by the restrictions of Act 1, which will require the district to calculate millage rates to remain revenue neutral following the assessment," according to the statement. Property assessment notices are expected in …
Marvin
10:04 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Hope, I'm afraid we won't know the extent of damage caused by "Billy Boy" (as you put it) and Patton his partner in the fleecing of Crescent residents until after we get them both out. One of them down this year Patton and the other in 2 years Billy Boy. Then we can get back to being a friendly township with everyone working for the same goal of making our township a better place. We have had our… more ›