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POTTSVILLE — Airport Road in Foster Township should see more improvements thanks to the Schuylkill County commissioners’ approvals Wednesday of an extension of time for engineering work and more money
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POTTSVILLE â Cooperation on fighting the COVID-19 pandemicâs effects on Schuylkill Countyâs government dominated Wednesdayâs discussion among President Judge William E. Baldwin, the commissioners and the row officers.
âWe have made many changes. Itâs working well,â Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphansâ Court Theresa Santai-Gaffney said.
Until the last segment â in which Clerk of Courts Maria T. Casey reiterated her demand that Baldwin close the courthouse to the public, and the judge just as resolutely said he would do no such thing.
âWe all wear masks. I bring in my own disinfectants. We spray and we clean and we do the best we can,â Casey said.
POTTSVILLE â Schuylkill County property owners will not pay higher county taxes in 2021, as the commissioners on Wednesday adopted next yearâs budget of more than $66 million.
The spending package keeps the real estate tax at 15.98 mills and the per capita tax at $5, as the commissioners acknowledged the hard times many people face.
âThis has been a very difficult year,â commissioners Chairman Barron L. Hetherington said. âThereâs no big pile of money anywhere.â
Commissioner Gary J. Hess also said this was not the time to approve adding to property ownersâ financial burdens.
âNo tax increase is the best thing in the world,â he said. âPeople really couldnât afford it.â