Donora considers tax hike to add code officer

Council views it as a priority because of the number of complaints being received.

Donora Council is considering a one-mill tax increase for next year, primarily to cover the cost of a fulltime code enforcement officer.

“The one thing we need in this borough, most of the complaints we have, from what I’m hearing from citizens, this is what they want, and they only way to handle all that is a full-time code officer,” Borough Administrator Mike Thornton said at Thursday night’s council meeti...