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Several Fox Chapel Area municipalities were named this week as Banner Communities for their prudent finances, transparency and proactive communications.
A total of 71 communities and five municipal authorities were lauded by the Allegheny League of Municipalities and Allegheny County, among them Aspinwall, Fox Chapel, Indiana Township, O’Hara and Sharpsburg.
Indiana Township has earned the designation since the program’s inception nine years ago.
“Even in the midst of the pandemic, our elected officials and staff have continued to provide services to our residents and businesses,” township Manager Dan Anderson said.
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Aspinwall officials are crediting a strong housing market for helping to maintain the property tax rate in 2021, despite increased spending and pandemic impacts.
Aspinwall Council approved the borough’s $2.8 million budget, which holds the real estate tax rate at 6.86 mills.
The owner of a home assessed at $100,000 will again pay $686 to the borough in property tax.
Residents also pay 19.86 mills in Fox Chapel Area School District taxes, which is $1,986 on a home assessed at $100,000.
Manager Melissa Lang-O’Malley said personnel costs rose this year due to negotiated pay increases and that she expects slight increases in other typical borough expenses.
Jan Pakler | For the Tribune-Review
Aspinwall council is studying the safety of Freeport Road and its uses by pedestrians, mass transit and bikers.
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Aspinwall council hopes to implement safety initiatives along Freeport Road in 2021 that could include upgraded bus shelters, bike sharrows and increased parking.
The plan would follow some of the many recommendations derived from a 2019 TranSystems study, paid for by a near $13,000 grant from Allegheny County.
The list of recommendations was so extensive that it outweighs council’s ability to implement them all, but board president Tim McLaughlin asked for a list that is doable in spring.