Peters School Board Approves Budget With Tax Hike

Peters Township School directors have unanimously approved a new, more-than $80 million budget. It does include a 0.3 mill tax increase but Business Manager Brad Rau say it could have been more. According to Rau , the approved increase was only half of the base index allowable by the state. He says that base index was 4.1% but the approved increase was just two-percent. The millage rate in the district will increase to 15.37 mills.