The tax rate for the Kane Borough 2012 budget is expected to increase when the borough council adopts its final budget on Monday. In the provisional plan, a 1.5-mil tax increase was proposed, but the revised budget appears to include a tax rate hike of four mills, or an increase of 34 percent. At that rate, a property assessed at $50,000 would take on an additional $200 in taxes on top of the approximately $394 currently paid each year. At a budget meeting held Thursday, council members discussed ways to cut back expenses, including the possible elimination of a full-time borough police officer position in exchange for part-timers. It was not clear Friday if all council members were in support of such a hefty tax rate hike for the borough. Reports indicated that some members would have rather seen smaller increases implemented over several years, but since former councils had not done so, a four mill tax increase may be unavoidable.
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