Twp. Schedules Info Meeting on Earned Income Tax
By: Bessy Gurian
Pike County Dispatch – Thursday, February 18, 2016
DINGMANS FERRY-At their Tuesday, Feb 9 session, the Delaware Township Board of Supervisors approved holding a special information meeting on earned income tax.
The meeting, which will be open to all residents and which will be presided over by the Board of Supervisors, will provide concerned citizens with answers to questions regarding the advantages and disadvantages of an earned income tax.
A representative from Berkheimer, the Earned Income Tax Administrator for all of Pike County, will be on hand to provide information on the workings of an earned income tax, its benefits and drawbacks, as well as answer questions from residents and the Delaware Township Board of Supervisors.
In comments made to this publication immediately following the Feb. 9 Delaware Township meeting, Jeffrey Scheetz, Chair and Township Secretary, stated there was no commitment to an earned income tax, but did think they had an obligation to explore it.
“We’re not hurting for money tax-wise. We have funds coming in to do the kinds of things that township entities need to be doing…but we want to find out, is there a better way to do it? Can we lower property taxes significantly without putting an undue burden on the people who work?”
The information meeting will take place Wednesday, March 2nd at 7pm in the Delaware Township Municipal Building, 116 Wilson Hill Road, Dingmans Ferry. For more information, visit the Delaware Township Website at www.delawaretownshippa.gov, their official Facebook Page or the township office bulletin board.
Other items approved by the Board of Supervisors included the purchase of a $14,000 roller from Medical Industries to replace the existing rollers owned by the township, as well as a letter of support to Representative Tom Marino regarding HR3630 legislation as it pertains to U.S. Route 209.