Assembly approves property tax rate; area-wide levy adds 1.71 mills to lands outside Service Area 1

The Petersburg Borough Assembly unanimously adopted the property tax millage rates for fiscal year 2027 at its May 18 regular meeting, slightly raising the rate for Service Area 1 property owners to 10.93 mills and introducing a new area-wide general purposes levy that for the first time charges all borough property owners for services the borough charter has always authorized charging borough-wide, but which Service Area 1 taxpayers have been covering since borough formation.

For Service Area 1 residents the new rate of 10.93 mills - an increase from 10.80 mills in FY26 - means $10.93 per $1,...