Pottstown adopts final $92.7M schools budget

Pottstown adopts final $92.7M schools budget

POTTSTOWN — The Pottstown School Board has made it official, adopting a $92.7 million final budget that will increase taxes by 5.8 percent. The budget passed by a 6-1 vote, with Phoebe Kancianic casting the only nay vote. Two board members, Sue Lawrence and Steve Kline were absent. Given that the median property assessment in Pottstown is $78,995, a 5.8 percent tax hike, the maximum allowed by the state, would increase the median property tax bi…