Jennifer Learn Andes

3 days ago | hazletontimes.com | Jennifer Learn-Andes |Jennifer Learn Andes

Luzerne County Council voted Tuesday to expand real estate tax exemption for disabled veterans, approve a court-requested lease of a Kingston property and loan Wilkes-Barre $500,000 for emergency infrastructure work. The votes for the veteran tax exemption and city loan were unanimous, with Councilman Harry Haas absent.

3 days ago | hazletontimes.com | Jennifer Learn-Andes |Jennifer Learn Andes

Facing threatened litigation over its outstanding rail line debt, Luzerne County’s Redevelopment recently submitted a briefing to county council. A council majority voted last month to initiate litigation against the authority. The county wants the authority to turn over its railroad so it can be sold to recoup $3.28 million the authority still owes the county for the original acquisition of the line, according to letters between the county and authority.

3 days ago | hazletontimes.com | Jennifer Learn-Andes |Jennifer Learn Andes

Wilkes-Barre does plenty for Luzerne County government, county Manager Romilda Crocamo told county council in an email Tuesday. Her email aimed to address criticism of a $500,000 loan county council has been asked to provide to the city to help fund emergency infrastructure repairs. Council is set to vote on the loan Tuesday night, and some critics have asserted the city does not help the county.

4 days ago | hazletontimes.com | Jennifer Learn-Andes |Jennifer Learn Andes

Luzerne County Council is set to vote Tuesday on expanding real estate tax exemption for disabled veterans, authorizing a court-requested lease of a Kingston property and loaning Wilkes-Barre $500,000 for emergency infrastructure work. Honorably discharged veterans are eligible for real estate tax exemption if they were disabled during a period of war, and council has been considering adding disabled non-wartime veterans to the program for county taxes only.

1 week ago | hazletontimes.com | Jennifer Learn-Andes |Jennifer Learn Andes

Luzerne County is seeking a voting system specialist at $48,000 annually, according to an online posting. The administration freed up funding to create the position by eliminating two other positions that have been vacant — an administrative assistant budgeted at $31,000 and a part-time election operator set at $25,000, said information presented to council.