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Public commenter presses council to finish HUP testing and pursue unpaid taxes
Scranton City Council · March 18, 2026
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Summary
At public comment, Mike Mancini urged the council to finalize HUP testing for nonprofit property-tax exemptions, asked why the University of Scranton has not responded, and proposed retroactive collections and a 3% hotel tax to raise local revenue.
At the council’s public-comment period, Mike Mancini said the city’s HUP testing process — used to determine whether nonprofits qualify for property-tax exemptions — "has been in limbo for years" and pressed the council to take immediate action to resolve outstanding exemptions and recover revenue where appropriate.
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