At least five municipalities, including three led by Republicans, are rejecting the GOP-led effort to defy Gov. Tom Wolf and partially reopen Lancaster County this week.
Elected officials in Ephrata, Denver, Columbia, Marietta and Lancaster city have taken stands in opposition to a plan to begin gradually allowing businesses to open before Wolf lifts the most severe restrictions on the county.
With 30 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, Lancaster County edged no closer to meeting a key state metric that local officials have decided to disregard as they prepare to partially reopen the local economy on Friday.
Lancaster remained at more than twice Gov. Tom Wolf's requirement for no more than 50 new coronavirus cases per 100,000 population over a two-week period. Reopening with a higher rate of new cases is unsafe, the governor has said.
When: Columbia borough school board meeting, May 7.
What happened: During a meeting held remotely on Zoom, the board adopted a $27.13 million proposed general fund budget for the 2020-21 school year with no tax increase.
Overview: The school district's real estate tax rate is set at 26.46 mills. Taxpayers with an average assessed property would pay $2,470 in taxes. Overall, the district projects revenues of $26.09 million in 2020-21, down 1.73% from 2019-20, and predicts $27.13 million in expenses, up 1.94% from the current year.
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