Arnold’s police chief is expected to be out, and its manager is anticipated to return in January. Council is slated to vote on demoting police Chief Eric Doutt to patrolman and rehiring former City Manager Mario Bellavia during its reorganization meeting beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the public safety
New Kensington residents will see a 1.7% increase in their sewage bills next year. That’s less than the 2.7% increase the Municipal Sanitary Authority of the City of New Kensington imposed for this year. Beginning Jan. 1, the authority will increase its rate for 100 cubic feet from $9.84 to
For Evangelina Hernandez, it was good news and bad news that the empty house next to her home on Victoria Avenue in Arnold could be gone soon. It’s good, she said, because the house at 1908 Victoria Ave. attracts raccoons who try to get into her garbage. But it’s bad,
Several things breaking in Arnold’s favor are helping the city avoid increasing property taxes next year.
Council is scheduled to vote on the city’s $4.4 million 2021 budget during a meeting on Tuesday. The meeting will be held remotely on Zoom, beginning at 7 p.m.
As proposed, the city’s property tax rate would remain at 43.5 mills.
“A lot of things broke our way this year and that was good,” said Councilman George Hawdon, council’s director of accounting and finance. “As a result, we were able to avoid a tax increase.”
Savings found in other areas are helping Arnold absorb a 40% increase in its pension costs, and the city’s revenue has not been impacted as much as feared by the covid-19 pandemic.