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By MARIA KOCHIS; Special to The Times Leader
Friday, December 16, 1994 Page: 4A
NANTICOKE — The City Council adopted an ordinance to raise the 1995
property-tax rate to 45.22 mills, 4.72 mills higher than 1994, at Thursday
night’s meeting.
A mill is a $1 tax on every $1,000 of assessed property value. A homeowner
whose property is assessed at $3,000 now pays $121.50 in city taxes. Under the
new millage rate, the same taxpayer will pay $135.66.
Councilman Albert J. Wytoshek said the tax hike will cover the funds for a
loan the city took out in 1994. The borrowed money was used for capital
improvements such as street paving and improvements to the municipal building,
outstanding bills paid in 1993 and a firefighters’ pension fund, he said.
The council plans to vote on a final 1995 budget at its Dec. 29 meeting.
The city’s proposed 1995 budget is $2,124,500, a $245,500 decrease from 1994’s
operating budget of $2.37 million.
The decrease is due to the city having paid off three years’ worth of
unpaid fire pensions — 1991 through 1993.
The proposed budget allocates 30 mills for the general fund, 14.72 mills to
repay the bond issue — it was 10 mills in 1994 — and .5 mills for the
library.
The city also approved a resolution Thursday requiring residents who use a
private hauler to dispose of their garbage to show proof of it in the form of
a canceled check or contract. These residents will be charged $5 a year by the
city.
The $5 tax will be used for administrative purposes and garbage control,
Wytoshek said. Residents who use private haulers will be exempt from the
city’s yearly $120 garbage tax.
“We want to make sure everyone is paying for a garbage tax,” Wytoshek said.
Council members accepted seven bids from computer-supply companies for
several computers the city government will purchase. They adopted a resolution
to have a computer analyst review the bids before Dec. 29.