Plum Council Holds the Line on Taxes
Plum residents won't have to pay more real estate taxes in 2012.
Plum Borough residents won't experience a real estate tax hike in 2012. However, they might still have to pay stormwater management and hydrant fees sometime next year. On Monday, council voted 6-1 to approve a $10.7 million budget. Councilwoman Christine Scardina-Gazzo dissented. Officials also voted to table the approval of a monthly $6 storm water management fee for infrastructure projects, such as road maintenance, and a monthly $1 hydrant fee to put in the fund for borough fire departments. Plum's millage rate remains 4.3 mills, meaning a resident would pay $430 for every $100,000 of assesed property value. With budgeted expenses of $10,777,897 and budgeted revenues of $10,778,561, the budget projects a preliminary general fund …
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