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C-K Board Approves Budget with no Deficit

Lady Bulldogs Christen New Field with Hat Trick

May 18, 2023

GARY M. BARANEC

Claysburg-Kimmel's Emalee Cavender gets a congratulatory fist bump from head coach Mike Barbarini as she rounds third base after scoring her 100th varsity hit with a home run over the centerfield fence during their game with Tussey Mountain Monday. Claysburg celebrated the inaugural first day on their newly renovated field playing a triple header with Tussey Mountain, Forbes Road and Southern Fulton.

Taxpayers in the Claysburg-Kimmel School District will see an increase, but only half of what it could have been. At its Wednesday, May 10 meeting, the Claysburg-Kimmel School Board voted to approve the 2023-24 proposed final budget with a 3-percent tax increase, half the 6 percent Act 1 allowable limit. The increase will cost households an average of $23 and is expected to raise about $93,000 in revenue for the district.

The increase brings Greenfield Township's real estate taxes to 9.05 mills, and Kimmel Township's to 10.87 mills.

Business Manager Dena Burket said the final budget, which...

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