Tredyffrin Considering a 5.5% Tax Hike
A special public meeting is scheduled Tuesday morning to answer questions.
Tredyffrin Township's Board of Supervisors is being asked to consider raising township property taxes by 5.5% in the proposed 2013 township budget. The increase amounts to an average $28 per property owner according to the preliminary budget outlined in a public meeting last Wednesday. A copy of that budget presentation is attached to this article as a pdf. Township budget officials say the tax hike is needed to maintain services in the face of a flat and "built out" real estate market. What that means in layman's terms is that property reassesments reducing the tax base and that there is lilttle room left in the township to build new properties that could increase the tax base. The result is a need to get more money out of the properties…
Rezzy Dent
7:10 pm on Monday, November 12, 2012
Linda you are missing the point, are we going to have to keep cutting back each year? How about we try to keep taxes down so I won't have to trade in my regular tv for a radio. more ›