SCRANTON — The Scranton Single Tax Office will switch to new tax billing software in a move officials anticipate will make the office s operations more efficient.
Raise your hand if you knew the Scranton tax collector race next year would attract so many candidates.
A third Democrat emerged this week, one with lots of experience in the city Single Tax Office, which the tax collector runs.
John Opsasnick, 63, said heâs seriously thinking about seeking the job. The salary is $53,300, which the city and the city school district split because the office collects real-estate and other taxes for both. Opsasnick actually worked in the office as an auditor and later tax administrator for 37 years before retiring three years ago. He said
David Wenzel, the tax collector who went on to become mayor, hired him.
A Scranton woman well-known in local Democratic politics and with plenty of managerial experience sounds like she wants the job of collecting the cityâs taxes.
Cathy Nealon Wechsler, 60, said Friday sheâs âpretty sureâ she will run for tax collector in 2021.
The job will come open after next year because the law bars Tax Collector Bill Fox from seeking a third four-year term.
Wechsler could have company on the Democratic ballot.
City Councilman
This could get interesting.
When Donahue won his council seat four years ago, he made it through a six-candidate Democratic contest to win one of three council seats. Donahue finished second well behind current council President