East Marlborough considers tax increases in 2025

Dated: November 12 2024

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East Marlborough Township supervisors are looking at raising the township’s general real estate taxes for the first time since approximately 1997. It is one of three separate tax increases the township is considering in its 2025 budget. One possibility is for the supervisors to raise the general fund tax to 1.75 mills, from its current 1.05 mills. Supervisors have discussed increasing the EMS tax by 2 mills and will consider an increase in the open space tax, according to Township Manager Neil Lovekin. If approved later this year, total taxes could go from 2.183 mills to 4.883 mills. Currently, the tax rates are 0.2 mills for open space, 0.183 mills for the library, 0.675 for fire and 0.075 for EMS. The library tax differs from the capital contribution that East Marlborough and other municipalities pledged to the Kennett Library — the six-year contribution will be in its sixth and final year in 2025, and was used to help build the library. Read more in the Chester County Press.
Source: Chester County Press; 10/16/2024

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