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York County says prolonged state budget impasse is straining local services, warns of tax pressure
Summary
A York County commissioner warned that a 107-day state budget impasse is forcing the county to cover frozen state funding for essential human services and said continuing the practice could require future local tax increases.
A board member for the York County Board of Commissioners said at the Oct. 15 meeting that York County has covered frozen state aid during a 107-day state budget impasse and warned the practice is unsustainable.
The board member told commissioners and the public that county coffers have been used to pay for essential human services — mental and behavioral health services, children and youth services, intellectual disability supports, drug and alcohol treatment and services for older residents — at a cost the speaker described as $10,000,000 per month.
The speaker said…
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