Taxes going up in Lawrence County

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — Lawrence County residents will be asked to pay about 15 percent more in county property taxes in 2010.

County commissioners said that the increase is necessary to keep the county running.

Commissioners introduced their proposed 2010 budget Thursday, which calls for a 0.95-mill increase in the county-property tax. A mill is one dollar for every $1,000 of assessed value, according to J.R. Hardester of the Lawrence County Assessment Office, and the increase would cost the owner of a $100,000 house an additional $100 per year. It will bring the county an additional $3.23 million. The millage increase would be the first since 2004.

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