{"id":5938,"date":"2011-12-01T11:51:14","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T16:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=5938"},"modified":"2011-12-01T11:51:14","modified_gmt":"2011-12-01T16:51:14","slug":"no-2012-tax-hike-for-chester-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=5938","title":{"rendered":"No 2012 tax hike for Chester County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Spending cuts offset losses of tax revenue, federal funds<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ChescoGraphic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5940\" style=\"border: 2px solid navy; margin: 4px;\" title=\"ChescoGraphic\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ChescoGraphic-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" \/><\/a>WEST CHESTER \u2014 The Chester County Commissioners approved today a budget for 2012 that results in a zero tax increase for county residents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis budget reflects the county\u2019s ongoing commitment to provide the best services at the lowest burden to the taxpayer,\u201d said Commissioners\u2019 Chair Terence Farrell.<\/p>\n<p>The operating budget for 2012 is $422,852,576, a decrease of 0.2 percent from 2011. The four funds with dedicated tax millage require a combined millage of 3.965. The funds are General Fund, Parks &amp; Recreation, Library and Debt Service.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The capital budget is $90,161,708. The budget is an increase of 10.4 percent from 2011 due to projects including the construction of the Public Safety Training Facility and the upgraded emergency radio system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis budget comes with some pain and some challenges.\u00a0 It is important to understand that our County employees have worked very hard to decrease or contain costs.\u00a0 Despite reduced resources, County employees continue to maintain and improve services that are critical to our citizens as well working toward achieving the County\u2019s strategic goals.\u00a0 I\u2019d like to thank our employees and Department Heads for their tireless commitment to our community,\u201d said Commissioner Kathi Cozzone<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Ryan Costello said, \u201cThe budget demonstrates a continuing process of maintaining tight control over expenditures, while seeking new, cost-effective methods to deliver the services that are mandated and that our residents want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The balanced budget was attained despite declining revenue including a decrease in federal funds.\u00a0 The county\u2019s property tax base has also marginally decreased, as has revenue generated through court-related costs and fines.<\/p>\n<p>Chester County continues to actively manage its debt requirements, with its Aaa\/AAA ratings being reaffirmed earlier this month by Moody\u2019s, Standard &amp; Poor\u2019s and Fitch Ratings.<\/p>\n<p>The tax rate for Chester County remains one of the lowest in southeast Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spending cuts offset losses of tax revenue, federal funds WEST CHESTER \u2014 The Chester County Commissioners approved today a budget for 2012 that results in a zero tax increase for county residents. \u201cThis budget reflects the county\u2019s ongoing commitment to provide the best services at the lowest burden to the taxpayer,\u201d said Commissioners\u2019 Chair Terence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[144,29,70],"class_list":["post-5938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-budget","tag-chester-county","tag-taxes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}