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Goose Creek City Council Passes First Reading Of Property Tax Increase

property tax hikeGOOSE CREEK, S.C.—On Tuesday night, Goose Creek City Council passed first reading of an ordinance that would increase property taxes by five mills beginning next year.

According to Goose Creek Finance Director Ron Faretra, the millage increase amounts to $619,605.

“Someone living in a $150,000 house who paid $243 in city property taxes this year would pay $273 next year,” he stated.

City leaders say the increase is needed to pay for the city’s 12 new firefighters and two new fire stations.

This move comes less than a year after city council passed the first property tax increase in 34 years.  Prior to October 2014, the last time voters saw a tax hike was in 1980.

Along with an increase in property taxes, Goose Creek residents will likely see their water bills increase by approximately 14 percent. This means, the average bill will go up by about three dollars per month.

“The water increase is needed to fund the water line improvements that the city has to complete. Those improvements are estimated to be in excess of $8 million. The city is adding a third hydropillar and connecting all three together which will improve the water pressure,” stated Councilman Jerry Tekac.

While Tekac says the increase in fees are necessary, he says it confirms the need for city leaders to work together to further attract more businesses to the area.

“These increases heighten the need for the city to become much more involved in economic development instead of placing the burden on the taxpayers,” stated Tekac.

Final reading on the budget and water rate increase will take place at the next council meeting on October 13th.

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3 Comments

  1. As a swindled newcomer and job creator to Berkeley County, I’d be happy to absorb yet another illegal tax imposed upon WE THE PEOPLE, Should we consider it another “Takrit” tax imposed upon Christians by Islamic marauders / judges / shamelessly opportunistic pigs?
    IF The local law enforcement agencies whose families we electorate support, get off their masonic organized crimewave apathetic slack asses, suck up some honor, truth, justice, and courage, to bust their fraternal pathologically lying extortionist and aggravated stalking brethren, as opposed to caving to same lame ass and obvious masonic grand hailing signs of distress theatrically offered by their warlock co-criminals.. I just might toss ya another .000001 percent.
    Till then tax collector, as your corrupt good ole boys promised me when I sought civil remedy to reverse their grand theft, “Have a fun life in that drama world”. Sevenfold karma comin your way whores.
    Patriot/Christian: Contact me at [email protected] to flush this freemason treason toilet in Berkeley County. Yeah, the secret society whores will probably entrap and extort tens of thousands from you too under freemason whorehouse false arrest, but with any luck, the 9th circuit solicitor, will cover their asses (while they hand you some toilet paper), to compensate you for being defamed and defrauded by the historically and notoriously corrupt Berkeley County Sheriff Dept.
    OBSERVE THIS TRUTH BERKELEY COUNTY.

    • and please send those additional firefighters to see me to review the PUBLIC CORRUPTION ARSON EVIDENCE I HAVE THAT ALL OTHER STATE OF SOUTHERN CORRUPTION INSTITUTIONS HAVE DECLINED TO INVESTIGATE DUE TO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AS THE PERPS ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS. Thank you! 🙂

  2. Surprise… surprise… Still no Berkeley County public servants or State of Southern Corruption Law/Fraud Enforcers interested in exposing their mason buddies, thus implicating their negligent and in-f’ing-competent co-conspirator asses in the 300k + damage that Dewitt, Baggett, and Polk further authorized the criminal training your cubscouts, to have at me, again, and again, and again… ASK DUH TECTIVE RAMSEY, FIELDS, CORRTE, AND RISER, how much of my $, Deputy Sleazeys’ 50k extortion under duress of false arrest was going to find its way into the pockets under their badge. I’d place another FOIA, but these whores smash and shotgun blast my homes and car windows when I do. Sevenfold Karma comin your way shriner / mason / Estar sluts. Time to find a new racket, cuz RICO is in your town whores….