Thursday, April 08, 2010

Mt. Lebanon Administration, Board Look To Cut Costs

With real estate taxes expected to rise to cover a proposed $113.3 million high school renovation and increased pension responsibilities, Mt. Lebanon administrators and school board members discussed this week how to cut costs for the 2010-11 budget year and beyond.

In the several weeks since budget talks began, the administration already has reduced the proposed property tax increase by a few percentage points.

The most recent draft of the proposed $79.6 million budget calls for a 10.38 percent increase in the real estate tax, from 24.11 mills in the 2009-2010 budget to 26.72 mills in the proposed 2010/2011 budget.

Read more: www.post-gazette.com/pg/10098/1048623-55.stm (corrected link -- thanks Dave!)

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Anonymous David Huston said...

Bad link; here is the correct one:

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10098/1048623-55.stm

The 15% increase in Real Estate Tax revenues is actually HIGHER than Kubit's Act 34 FAQ refuted.
See the School District document presented at the special budget meeting:
http://tinyurl.com/y5a6lko

April 09, 2010 8:03 AM  
Anonymous John Ewing said...

75% of those who wrote emails to the board opposed to the high school’s cost mirrors last year’s Republican Committee Survey

Thank you, James, for doing your homework

April 10, 2010 7:37 PM  

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