Lancaster home rule charter heads to the ballot
LANCASTER, Pa. — Voters in the city of Lancaster will vote on significant changes to the city's governing structure on Election Day in November.
The city's Home Rule Charter will be voted on after it was approved by the Home Rule Study Commission earlier in August.
The charter would reorganize the city government and would allow the city council to forego a current cap on local income tax mandated by state law.
The city currently can only raise revenue through property taxes, and members of the Commission say this change would allow the city to make taxation more equitable as opposed to taxing everyone the same rate through property taxes.
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