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READING, Pa. – The Berks County commissioners on Thursday adopted the 2021 budget, which keeps taxes at the current level. Robert Patrizio, the county's chief financial officer, presented an updated budget from the original draft presented in November. The revised budget is a total $566.7 million spending plan, which is an increase of $18.4 million over the November numbers. But Patrizio explained the increases in expenses are basically equal to increases in projected revenues as a result of grants and state/federal funding. The changes, therefore, made a zero impact on the bottom line o...

The threat of the coronavirus is very real. Gottschall shared information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with county commissioners at their weekly meeting Thursday showing that the pandemic has contributed to nearly 325,000 more people dying in the United States this year than would be normally expected. - Advertisement - "I think we have tried to be very honest and fair in acknowledging that there are many things about this disease and the response to this disease that are debatable," he said. "But there are certain things that are factual, and the data shows that people...