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The Penns Manor School Board will meet tonight for both their reorganization and committee meetings. The board will hold its reorganization meeting fi. ....
The Penns Manor School Board held a special voting meeting ahead of their committee meeting last night. The voting meeting dealt with the hiring of a . ....
kstephens@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG Non-union pay increases linked to Blair County’s salary study will stay on hold for now, the majority of the county salary board members agreed Thursday. Despite member Laura Burke’s request for the board to address study recommendations for non-union employees, fellow salary board members Bruce Erb, A.C. Stickel and Amy Webster said they weren’t ready without knowing more about the cost to the county. “We don’t know the fiscal impact,” Webster said. “My concern is that it may be greater than what we expect and possibly more than our taxpayers can bear.” ....
kstephens@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG Blair County commissioners voted 2-to-1 Tuesday to adopt a proposed $57.48 million budget that imposes a fraction of a mill increase in 2021’s real estate taxes. While commissioners Bruce Erb and Laura Burke voted in favor, Commissioner Amy Webster voted against the budget. “I cannot support the general fund budget and accompanying spending plan,” Webster said. “As we just reviewed, it’s funded by a tax increase and a deficit spending plan.” The 2021 tax increase from 4.074 mills to 4.097 mills reflects an increase in debt payments and the reinstatement of the recreational tax levy to offset the loss of tax revenue linked to the coronavirus pandemic. ....