LEWISTOWN The Mifflin County School Board of Directors discussed flexible instruction days, the 2024 Pennsylvania teacher of the year, and other business Thursday evening. Flexible instruction days aim to provide students with a continuity of learning during snow or inclement weather days. Students may receive online instruction via filmed instruction, educational work packets and […]
LEWISTOWN The Mifflin County Commissioners approved the 2024 budget at Thursday’s public meeting. The new budget, totaling $37.47 million, comes with a significant feature: it does not include any tax increase for county residents. The county budget allocation indicates that personnel costs remain the primary expenditure for the. Of the total budget, approximately $10.75 […]
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LEWISTOWN – A grant program aimed at providing much-needed financial help to the hospitality industry that has been hit hard by COVID-19 is soon coming to Mifflin County.
The Mifflin County Commissioners on Thursday approved a contract for CHRP (which stands for COVID-19 Hospitality Relief Program) after hearing from county planning director Mark Colussy about the program and the speed with which it has come into being.
“For how important this is to get the money in the hands of the hospitality industry, which is specifically for hospitality businesses, lodging and restaurants, I was very impressed with how the state was able to fast-forward all of this as well as the commissioners to have this moving forward,” Colussy said.
LEWISTOWN Taxpayers of Mifflin County will see no tax increase for the county portion of their taxes.
Commissioners adopted the 2021 budget during the board’s meeting on Tuesday.
“I’d like to acknowledge all the work the departments have done in getting through this process,” said Commissioners Rob Postal.
“We appreciate the cooperation of everybody. The cost of things never goes down. Your employment costs go up, all the taxes go up that you have to pay…But everyone worked together to make sure we could hold the line of no increases,” added Commissioner Kevin Kodish.
Also during the meeting, commissioners approved a resolution to again require residents of Mifflin County to wear face masks in local government buildings to slow the spread of COVID-19.