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Penn-Trafford property owners will pay more in school taxes under a $63.0 million budget that raises the real estate millage by 1.5 mills in the Westmoreland County portion of the district, an increase of less than 2%. The school board Monday approved increasing taxes from 88.25 mills to 89.75 mills
All three incumbents in the Penn-Trafford school board race earned new terms on Tuesday, and the current warden of the Westmoreland County Prison will join them after earning a school board seat in the district’s Region II. In Region I, incumbent Republican Martin Stovar took nearly 83% of the vote.
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Property owners in the Penn-Trafford School District would face a two-mill tax hike under a tentative $60.9 million budget for the 2021-2022 school year adopted Monday.
The two-mill increase would boost taxes to 89.25 mills in the Westmoreland County municipalities of Penn Township, Manor and Trafford that the district serves. In the small portion of Trafford in Allegheny County some 40 properties owners will see an increase of 0.11 mill to 15.25 mills, said Brett Lago, district business manager. The difference in millage rates is due to differences in assessment rates on property in the two counties, Lago said.