(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

“I think that where we are financially now is a very good path to be on. I’m really happy with that.”

Those words came from Sandie Egley, the Treasurer for Beaver County, in a conversation with Matt Drzik on the March 8 edition of A.M. Beaver County. Egley had recently released the Treasurer’s Report for 2021 (and early 2022) at the Commissioners’ work session one week earlier, and broke down the numbers that play a key factor in Beaver County’s finances.

On the plus side, the County collected 95% of taxes in 2021, a number that Egley believes is the highest amount in its history. She credits the hard work of her staff at the courthouse, as well as the technology that “turned the office upside down” and created a digital system that has made sorting and filing more efficient.

Conversely, Egley pointed out that the amount of interest retained in the County from a pair of bank accounts was considerably low, and that such a “stark difference” is not helping the taxpayers. “If we collect a quarter of a million dollars more in revenue every year,” Egley inquired, “we could reduce our tax, which is at 26 million right now. What if we could take it down to 24 million? Wouldn’t that be great for our taxpayers? This is kind of one of those things…it’s just so easy to do.”

Still, when asked about the financial status of Beaver County, Egley stated: “I would say it’s outstanding.” She said that the strides from the “poor financial handlings” from her time as County Commissioner to the present day have been impressive: “We’ve come a very long way in a short amount of time.”

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