January 1st marks the start of the fiscal year for County government and the municipalities in the County. We already know that the property tax millage for the County is staying the same and that there will likely be an increase for the City of Pittsburgh, its first following the 2013 reassessment but the second increase in the last four years following a voter referendum to raise millage a quarter of a mill to provide funding to the Carnegie Libraries.
So what of some of the other municipalities in the County? Three of the larger ones—Ross, McKeesport, Penn Hills, and Monroeville—intend to keep rates the same. Recall that Monroeville raised taxes in the year of the reassessment with the permission of the courts under Act 71 guidelines. Dormont in the South Hills and Oakmont in the East plan no tax increases.
Two other small municipalities—Sharpsburg and Whitaker—plan to increase property tax rates in 2015.
Of course, this is just a small fraction of the millage rates that will be set in the coming weeks for municipal governments in the County.