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Brian Jones says proposed 2025 property taxes on his 'garden lot' rose nearly 1,000%
Summary
At the Nov. 26 Silver Creek Township meeting resident Brian Jones told supervisors his proposed 2025 property taxes on a ‘garden lot’ increased nearly 1,000 percent and reported a loose dog on Ellingwood Avenue. The board recorded the comment but took no immediate action.
Brian Jones told the Silver Creek Township Board of Supervisors at its Nov. 26 meeting that the township has listed a “garden lot” he owns with a proposed 2025 property tax increase of nearly 1,000 percent. He also reported a dog running loose around Ellingwood Avenue.
The board recorded the comment during the open forum; no motion or formal follow-up was recorded in the meeting minutes. Clerk-Treasurer Alana Paumen and supervisors did not announce an immediate course of action at the meeting.
Residents with questions about their tax notices generally are directed to contact the township clerk or the county assessor for clarification; the board did not announce a specific referral or deadline related to Jones’s statement during the meeting.
The board proceeded to other agenda items, and no vote or staff assignment on Mr. Jones’s tax concern was included in the meeting record.
