Nether Providence Commissioners

Nether Providence Commissioners Approve 2015 Budget And Tax Increase

January 5, 2015 by admin

When the proposed budget for 2015 was discussed at a Board of Commissioners meeting in November, Nether Providence officials were staring at a tax hike of 6.26%. Cost cutting over has driven the township’s tax increase for 2015 to below 3%.

The final vote in December trimmed the tax increase to 2.9% with a resultant millage of 4.91. The township’s tax increase for 2015 follows hikes of 2.04% in 2014, 6.7% in 2013, 4.97% in 2012, 3.72% in 2011 and 3.82 % in 2010.

Due to higher charges imposed by the authorities responsible for area sewage lines and waste-processing facilities Nether Providence Township residents will see an 11% increase in their annual sewer fee from $368 in 2014 to $408 for 2015.

The total 2015 Nether Providence Township budget has expenditures of about $6.65 million. As in years past, the largest outlays will go to police and public works costs, at about $2.1 million and $1.3 million, respectively.

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Nether Providence Commissioners Looking To Reduce 2015 Tax Hike

November 25, 2014 by admin

Upon initial review Nether Providence Township’s $6.75 million 2015 budget calls for a 6.26% hike in municipal taxes, but it is thought that just as last year the budget development process will result in a drop in the proposed hike before the approval of the final spending plan in December.

The proposed budget would result in a increase in millage from the current 4.78 mills to a millage rate of 5.08 mills.

At about this same time in 2013, township officials were looking at a 6.16% tax boost. But by the time of the final vote in mid-December, it had been trimmed to 2.04%. Previous years saw increases of 3.82% in 2009, 3.72% in 2010, 4.97% in 2011 and 6.7% in 2012.

The largest outlays in the budget go to police and public works costs.

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Future Use Of Summit School Property To Be Discussed

May 14, 2014 by admin

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The Performing Arts Complex Of Delaware County Currently Leases The Summit Property

The future use of the Wallingford Swarthmore School District’s Summit School site is to be explored by a joint committee composed of Township and School District officials.

The District has unsuccessfully attempted to market the site in the past, and has indicated it is once again interested in selling the property located on Plush Mill Road. In March 2013 the District approved a 3 year lease to The Performing Arts Complex Of Delaware County, also known as Stage One, which stages a variety of musical and dramatic performances there.

The site is currently zoned for residential use, and possible alternative uses might be considered.

In the past the District considered the possibility of building a new Wallingford Elementary School on the site, but reconsidered and kept the present Providence Road facility, which was recently renovated and expanded.

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Thomas Leiper House To Get New Roof

March 20, 2014 by admin

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The Condition Of The Leiper House Roof Has Been A Concern Of The Township

With funding from a federal Community Development Block Grant the deteriorating cedar shingle roof of the Thomas Leiper House on Avondale Road will be replaced. The proposal to solicits bids for the roof work was unanimously approved by the Board Of Commissioners in a meeting earlier this month.

The Leiper House on the south west bank of Crum Creek was built as a summer home in 1785 by Thomas Leiper, patriot and prominent merchant. Leiper named the house Avondale and his descendants occupied the home until 1959. It is currently owned and operated by Nether Providence Township.

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Commissioners Trim Nether Providence Tax Increase To 2.04%

December 20, 2013 by admin

When the proposed budget for next year was discussed at a Board of Commissioners meeting in November, Nether Providence officials were proposing a tax hike of 6.16%. Cost cutting over the last month helped drive the township’s tax increase for 2014 to its lowest level in recent memory.

The final vote on December 12 trimmed the tax increase to 2.04%. Previous years saw increases of 3.82 % in 2009, 3.72% in 2010, 4.97% in 2011 and 6.7% in 2012.

The board also voted 7-0 in favor of a boost in the annual sewer fee paid by property owners. The new rate will be set at $368, up from $342 this year.

The total 2014 Nether Providence Township budget has expenditures of about $6.1 million and calls for the millage rate to remain at 4.68. As in years past, the largest outlays will go to police and public works costs, at about $2 million and $1.3 million, respectively.

In related tax news the Delaware County Council last week approved the originally proposed 2.8% tax hike for Delaware County residents.

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