Taxes hold steady in Lawrence County

NEW CASTLE, Pa.

Lawrence County property taxes will remain the same, and no layoffs are anticipated under the proposed 2011 budget unveiled Tuesday by Lawrence County commissioners.

The proposed general- fund total of $25,760,428 is a 1.8 percent decline from this year, a decrease which officials said was made possible by county officials’ and departments’ making cuts where they could.

Though a 10 percent cut across the board was the initial goal, the final overall reduction in the general fund was closer to 2 percent, officials said.

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