The numbers Erie
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A fully fact-checked briefing on what a data center would actually mean for Erie. No position for or against. As of June 2026, no project has been proposed in Erie County. Covers the real tax number ($0.8 to 4.7 million a year, not the billion-dollar headline), who pays for the power, the water math, the noise rules, and the guardrails Erie County and Harborcreek already wrote.

Millcreek voted to switch from three supervisors to a five-member council plus professional manager. This 34-page plan covers the administrative code, staffing, budgets, public works, parks, police, fire, timeline, employee FAQ, and risk register.

Briefing document for the Government Transition Advisory Committee. Covers the six deliverables before January 3, 2028, the 325 Board of Supervisors references that must be reassigned, the Administrative Code that must be built, and word-for-word working models from College Township and Indiana Township. Effective date: January 3, 2028.

54% of Erie homeowners would pay less under a fair reassessment. Look up your address and see what your property tax bill would look like if Erie County reassessed to current market values.

You pay $1.00 in property tax. 34.5 cents goes to the city. 17 cents to the county. 48.5 cents to the school district. Updated with Erie County Council budget analysis showing what your property tax dollar actually funds vs what state and federal money covers.

Erie can only raise property taxes when it needs money. A 1965 law caps the city EIT at 0.50%. Home Rule would let the city raise EIT on residents instead. Retirees pay zero. 23 other cities have Home Rule. Erie is the largest that doesn't.

Lancaster adopted Home Rule in 2024. Raised EIT, held property tax flat. Reading waited until the state declared them distressed. 13 years under Act 47. Erie is at 0.50% with no ability to change it.

Four PA Third Class Cities. Same Act 511 constraints. Only one doesn't have Home Rule. Erie's city EIT is 0.50%. Reading's is 3.10%. A $50K earner pays $250 in city EIT in Erie and $1,550 in Reading.

From the French building a fort on a peninsula in 1753 to the manufacturing boom to the decades of decline. 15 chapters with verified dates, population data, and the turning points that shaped the city.