Any Hempfield Area tax hike capped at 6.5% next year
The Hempfield Area School District board approved a resolution that limits any tax increase to support the 2024-2025 budget to the 6.5% ceiling set by the state.
Any increase above that index would have required approval from voters in the district or the state in a process governed by a state law commonly called Act 1.
The district will be limited to a 5.57 mill increase to the district’s millage rate of 85.76 mills. Hempfield Area has— currently the second lowest millage in the county. This means the district’s millage for 2024-2025 could go only as high as 91.33 mills.
One mill of real estate taxes generates about $637,000 in real estate tax revenue for the district, according to a presentation given by Business Manager Paul Schott at the meeting.
The resolution does not set or finalize the upcoming tax millage rate for 2024-2025—instead, it establishes an upper limit for the amount that taxes could potentially increase, Schott said.
Julia Maruca is a TribLive reporter covering health and the Greensburg and Hempfield areas. She joined the Trib in 2022 after working at the Butler Eagle covering southwestern Butler County. She can be reached at jmaruca@triblive.com.
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