On Monday night, the Purchase Line School Board approved the 2022-2023 budget, but it will contain a 5% increase in taxes.
With expenses at $21,128,407 and the revenues at $20,792851, the board had to fill the gap with money gained from a tax increase in both Indiana and Clearfield Counties of 5%. That raises mils in Indiana County to 8.52 and in Clearfield County to 73.15. The resulting taxes coming into the district would come to $2,266,701 after the Homestead/Farmstead exemptions are factored in. The board will also utilize $335,556 in fund balance monies to help fill the gap.
Superintendent Shawn Ford said there were two big reasons why taxes were increased. One of them was the uncertainty of funding down the road.
He added that the other reason was due to the upcoming capital improvement projects that could be close to $800,000 for the district.
The board also discussed the new comprehensive plan, which will be put out on display for public view on July 1st. Ford said that there were three main areas they wanted to focus on with changes.
The board looks to approve the new comprehensive plan in August at their next board meeting.
The board also approved the hirings of some people in the athletics department. The board re-hired Jeremy Bracken as the district’s athletic director, and they also hired Raymond Matko as the new head boy’s basketball coach and Jayse Fleming as the boy’s assistant coach. On the girls’ side, the new coach is Greg Mahaffey and the assistant girls’ basketball coach is Josh Hopkins.
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