Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato presented her 2025 budget to county council on Tuesday night, and it includes a tax hike.

If approved, the rate would increase by 2.2 mills in 2025 and would be the county’s first millage rate hike in more than a decade.

County Executive Sara Innamorato's 2025 budget presented Tuesday evening to County Council calls for Allegheny County's first property tax increase in 12 years.

Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato is expected to propose a property tax hike Tuesday evening to help address a growing budget deficit. Innamorato plans to include a 2.2-mill increase in her 2025 budget proposal,

The budget is the first of Innamorato’s administration and includes a 3% spending increase from the 2024 budget created by her predecessor, former county executive Rich Fitzgerald. Innamorato said the hike is meant to plug a structural deficit previously covered by federal COVID pandemic funds.

Homeowners in Allegheny County could be facing the largest property tax increase in memory under County Executive Sara Innamorato's proposed budget, KDKA Investigates has learned.

A property tax hike is the centerpiece of the Allegheny County executive's proposal to fund the county government next year.

In an interim financial report released earlier this month, County Controller Corey O’Connor warned of dwindling federal COVID aid and a growing deficit under the current year’s budget drafted by Innamorato’s predecessor, Rich Fitzgerald.