The Brokenstraw Township Board of Supervisors is considering an increase to the local services tax.

The increase being considered would raise the tax more than 50 percent, from $30 to $47 annually. The increase would represent approximately $1.42 per month or a little more than $.65 per paycheck for someone paid every other week.

A local services tax, formerly known as an occupational privilege tax, can be levied by a municipality to fund police, fire, emergency services, road construction and maintenance, or property tax reduction activities. The tax is levied as a payroll tax.

The tax is levied on individuals who work within a taxing bodies jurisdiction. In the case of a municipality it applies to those employed in the municipality; in the case of a school district, those employed within the district.

Individuals making less than $12,000 per year, disabled veterans and those in military reserve units called to active duty are exempt from the tax.

Supervisors plan to consider the increase at the board’s November meeting. According to information listed on the county’s website, the board meets the second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m.

The change would take effect Jan. 1, 2024.

The Warren County School District also imposes a local services tax of $5.