Some taxes in Concord Township are holding steady, but others not. The good news for residents is that their township property taxes are not increasing next year.
Supervisors passed Concord’s 2015 budget during a special meeting on Dec. 16. The board anticipates revenues and expenses to be $4.225 million.
Property taxes will hold steady at 0.944 mills. A mill is a tax of $1 for every $1,000 of assessed property value.
While those taxes are remaining at their current limit, the township’s amusement tax is going up from 3 percent to 4 percent. Supervisors voted to increase that tax during a brief hearing before the budget meeting.
According to Supervisors’ Chairman Dominic Pileggi, the increase will generate an extra $2000 per year, from $16,000 to $18,000 per year, almost enough to fully fund the new Government Study Commission for that same period of time. The commission’s budget is for $19,700.
The amusement tax is placed on admission to various businesses in Concord, including the Turf Club, Sky Zone, Targetmaster and the poolroom at Duffers Pub, among pothers.
Pileggi also said the board would like to enact a tax of $1 per room at hotels, but there’s no enabling legislation on the state level for a hotel ‘pillow tax.”
About Rich Schwartzman
Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.
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