The Beaver County Commissioners are said to be considering a sizeable tax increase as part of the 2017 county budget. Beaver County Radio’s Greg Benedetti was at this morning’s commissioners’ work session and says that budget director Ricardo Luckow is recommending to the commissioners a property tax increase at a minimum of 4.37 mills and a maximum of 6.85 mills. The 6.85 mil tax would be a 31% increase. The commissioners have offered no other source of revenue to make up for the current 9 1/2 million-dollar deficit. The commissioners say they will think it over during the holiday weekend. A preliminary budget is due December 5th.