Council plans to re-impose real estate taxes, beginning at $95,000 in 2013 and tentatively increasing to $125,000 in 2015.
Trappe Borough Council voted to impose a real estate tax upon residents next year, tentatively through 2017 and beyond, at its special budget meeting on Nov. 9. The council voted on the $95,000 real estate tax to fund a number of projects, which Borough Council President Fred Schuetz believes will result in a tax of roughly .47 mills. According to the Trappe website, the municipal real esate tax was eliminated by Borough Council in 2005. The budget shortfall resulted from increasing road improvement costs and necessary storm water repairs, according to some members of the board. "A year ago we were thinking $400,000, then $600,000, now $700,000," Council Member and Finance Committee Chair Nevin Scholl said of the Borough Line Road …
Marshall Stomel returns to Trappe Borough council seat and Paul Edwards is appointed to vice president at the March Borough Council meeting.
Matt Watson's resignation from Trappe Borough Council last month left several vacancies. One council seat, the office of vice president, and an appointment for Public Works all needed to be filled at the March 6 Trappe Borough meeting. The open council position was advertised and applications were accepted until Feb. 24. Marshall Stomel was the only applicant. Stomel served on the Borough Council from May to December 2011. After a brief public interview, Stomel was sworn in by Mayor Connie Peck and took a seat at the council table. His term runs through Dec. 31, 2013. All council members participated in a vote to elect a new vice president and a new Public Works representative. Paul Edwards was appointed to the vice president position and …
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Area roads, water run-off and playground safety were on the agenda at the Aug. 2 Trappe Borough Meeting.
Trappe Borough Council President Fred Schuetz opened the August Council meeting with a moment of silence to remember former Councilman Ted Patrick, who died last week. Details of a memorial service are expected to be available later today. In other borough news, Borough Manager Jacqui Guenther requested approval from council to appoint Code Inspections, Inc. as the provider of Trappe's code inspections. The company will be paid at a rate of $60 per hour and will provide the borough with a free software program allowing Trappe to track past and future code permits. Guenther also updated council on an informal complaint she registered with the PUC (Public Utility Commission) regarding the installation of an 85-foot PECO utility pole. The …
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henry eroh
8:27 am on Thursday, November 15, 2012
And where do you think people are going to get this extra money- my mother lives there 86 yrs of age and she can barely keep up now- you guys /gal's are a bunch of thieves- her taxes go up every year so where is we didn't raise taxes coming from- tar and feathering should be brought back into all types of gov more ›