The Westmoreland County Commissioners approved the 2024 budget, and that included a 32.5 percent property tax increase.
The Trib reports that this is the first tax hike since 2019 and the second since 2005. Commissioners said that the tax hike was needed to balance the budget while allowing the county to preserve some of its fiscal reserves.
The tax hike comes in two parts. One, a 3.51-mill increase, will be used to fund general government operations and moves the county tax rate to the state-mandated limit of 25 mills. A second tax of 3.48 mills will be used specifically to make debt payments that will exceed $14 million next year.
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