HOLLIDAYSBURG Blair County commissioners on Tuesday adopted a 2024 budget with a 10.37% increase in real estate taxes that will generate more revenue to pay escalating costs, particularly at the county’s prison, and to avoid using more money from its reserve. “I, for one, think commissioners did the right thing by having a tax […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG Blair County commissioners on Tuesday adopted a 2024 budget with a 10.37% increase in real estate taxes that will generate more revenue to pay escalating costs, particularly at the county’s prison, and to avoid using more money from its reserve. “I, for one, think commissioners did the right thing by having a tax […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG Blair County commissioners are slated this morning to introduce the 2024 tentative budget with a 10.37 percent increase in real estate taxes. Commissioners, who settled on the proposed increase during a budget workshop meeting earlier this month, are meeting at 10 a.m. today in the public meeting room in the courthouse basement. Once […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG Blair County’s 2024 budget proposal being unveiled today will include a 10.37 percent increase in real estate taxes. Commissioners, who have been reviewing budget numbers since late October with Finance Director Lindsay Dempsie, told Dempsie on Thursday to include the projected tax increase revenue in the 2024 draft budget. By taking that action, […]