A 2010-11 budget, which one school board member said should make citizens "rise up" in anger, is likely to be passed Monday in Octorara Area School District.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Finance Questions Challenge Octorara
This from local writer Debbie Wygent in the Lancaster New Era newspaper regarding last week's School Board work session.
A 2010-11 budget, which one school board member said should make citizens "rise up" in anger, is likely to be passed Monday in Octorara Area School District.
Dan Carsley, business manager, said the board is scheduled on Monday to give final approval to a $45,757,576 budget. The budget will cost Lancaster County taxpayers 28.37 mills, up .24 mills or .85 percent.
Challenging finances may also cause administrators and board members to test employee contractual issues and the state's legal system, according to comments made during a June 13 meeting.
Sadsbury Township resident Thomas Seth, who was an unsuccessful school board candidate in the May primary, told the school board that Act 319 - better known as "Clean and Green," which provides lower property taxes for registered agricultural properties - is unconstitutional.
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A 2010-11 budget, which one school board member said should make citizens "rise up" in anger, is likely to be passed Monday in Octorara Area School District.
Read the entire article here.
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If my memory is correct, last year the Octorara School Board raised the Chester Co. property taxes by a whopping 9 percent! That was an outrage, particularly as this was done in the midst of the Great Recession! At this point, many Octorara taxpayers had lost their jobs or taken major pay cuts (8% cut to Quebecor employees). Raising Lancaster Co taxes by .85 percent this year should be seen as a welcome relief. The normal practice has been for the School Board to increase taxes on all property owners in the Octorara School District, which it has done for the past several years. Thank goodness this year looks like it will be different.
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