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Lackawanna commissioners present preliminary 2026 budget, explain millage conversion after reassessment
Summary
At a Nov. 19 meeting the Lackawanna County Board of Commissioners presented the preliminary 2026 budget in a first reading and explained how reassessment changed assessed valuations and required a conversion of millage figures (total adjusted millage 5.79 mills). Commissioners said structural reforms and last year’s tax action stabilized county finances.
The Lackawanna County Board of Commissioners opened its Nov. 19 meeting with the first reading of the county’s 2026 preliminary budget, presenting adjusted millage rates and an explanation of how reassessment changed assessed valuations.
Chief Financial Officer David Bolzoni told commissioners that post-certification assessed valuation rose dramatically and the county converted previously large millage numbers to smaller, adjusted millage to make rates understandable. Bolzoni cited a total adjusted millage of 5.79 mills (converted from a previous presentation of 89.98 mills)…
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