Commissioners Present Brewer With Award, Openly Discuss Reassessment Reactions

(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

Beaver County citizens are experiencing highs and lows, and the final work session of June for the Beaver County Commissioners reflected that.

The highs coming from the Beaver County BOOM over the past weekend were still resonating, as Parks & Recreation director Tony Caltury lauded everyone who assisted and help put the BOOM–along with the first-ever “BOOM on The Bridge” concert–together with smooth and spectacular results. Caltury was praised in return by the Commissioners for organizing the event, along with EMS services and other security units for ensuring that there were minimal incidents throughout the evening.

More (mostly) highs came from Controller Longo presented an update on the county’s spending for the first half of 2023. She noted that despite rough numbers in the head count, the majority of statistics show the county in good shape for the remainder of the year. She also announced that the county has built up a capital fund reserve of 10 million dollars.

Solicitor Garen Fedeles spoke about recent complaints and confused responses to the reassessment, and he announced that the County will soon release a tentative millage rate for school districts and municipalities for next year. Fedeles emphasized that these are not final numbers, but they are meant to give citizens a rough estimate of what to expect. The rates would be for the year 2024 for municipalities and the 2024-25 school year for districts.

Fedeles also had the privilege of announcing that Eric Brewer was the winner of the CCAP Friend of Government Award, for his excellence in leadership during recent events such as the Covid-19 pandemic and the East Palestine train derailment. Brewer, who was present for the announcement, will be formally presented with the award at a CCAP event later this year in Erie.

Commissioner Tony Amadio was not present at Wednesday’s work session.