Worth Township supervisors could implement fire tax
WORTH TWP — Residents were torn about the potential implementation of a 1.5-mill fire tax that would help fund Slippery Rock Volunteer Fire Company, Portersville Volunteer Fire Department and Scott Township Volunteer Fire.
At a meeting Tuesday, April 4, township supervisors asked for input from residents on potentially putting 1.5% of the 3.8% real estate tax toward the fire departments that cover the region. There would be no overall change to taxes for homeowners, according to township secretary/treasurer Shari Kruetz.
If implemented, the fire tax would raise about $80 annually from the average homeowner in Worth Township, Kruetz said.
Supervisor chairman Fred Brezel said the change in taxes seemed fair and actually would save the township money, because it donated more than $8,000 to all three departments in 2022.
“We are actually gaining more money,” Brezel said.
He said if the tax is incorporated and the real estate tax is lowered, the three fire departments “will be getting $19,000, so we’ll have more money available in the general fund in that respect.”
