BROOKVILLE BOROUGH, Pa. (EYT) – Brookville Borough Council unanimously approved the ordinance for the 2020 taxes at Tuesday evening’s meeting.
The ordinance adopts a total millage of 16.915 on the total real estate tax, 36 mils on the occupation tax, $52 for local services, and the $5 per capita tax.
The total real estate tax includes the real estate, fire protection, library, and street lighting taxes. The breakdown is 14.29 mils for the municipal real estate tax, 1.5 mils for fire protection, the library is 0.225 mils, and street lighting is 0.9 mils.
Borough Manager Dana Schreckengost explained: “If you’re comparing apples to apples, the general real estate tax went up because we have eliminated a debt service tax. It got encompassed into the real estate tax because we still have that debt service, however, we pay it off in November. Since we have one month without it, we can’t have a debt service tax.”
She went on to note that the only real increase was the .3 mil increase to the fire tax.
OTHER BUSINESS
In other business, the council:
- Approved the accounts payable with the addition of $2,898.00 to Dennison Law Offices for general services.
- Approved a motion to re-advertise for bids for a 2012 Brammo electric bike, dropping the minimum bid to $500.00 after receiving no bids following the previous advertisement for bids with a minimum bid of $1,000.00.
- Issued a reminder that the reorganization meeting and the next regular Borough Council meeting will be held on Monday, January 6, at 7:00 p.m. It is the only meeting that is held on a Monday.
- Approved a motion to move money from a maturing CD, in the amount of $10,090.40, to PLGIT Prime, which has a current rate of 1.78.
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