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Murrysville council approves Keystone Collections for stormwater billing but pauses collections after state court ruling
Summary
Council approved Keystone Collections as the municipality's stormwater-fee billing vendor but members and staff said recent Pennsylvania court rulings that characterize stormwater fees as a tax create legal uncertainty and prompted tabling the stormwater-credit manual.
Murrysville council approved Keystone Collections as the stormwater-fee billing-service provider on May 6, even as municipal staff warned that a recent state court action has created legal uncertainty over the collection of stormwater fees.
Municipal staff described the court action as an affirmation of a 2023 Commonwealth Court decision, noting "the decision essentially indicated that they are a tax, not a fee." Staff said…
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