HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A state judge who ordered the Harrisburg City Council to double the city's earned income tax has agreed to defer action — at least temporarily.
In an order issued Thursday and made public Friday, Commonwealth Court Judge Bonnie Brigance Leadbetter agreed to reconsider her Aug. 27 order at the request of the city, the city council and the city's state-appointed financial custodian.
Leadbetter postponed any action until after oral arguments on the reconsideration motion on Oct. 4. She said all three parties indicated in a teleconference that they wanted to try again to forge an agreement on how to repair the city's finances.
Harrisburg was placed in receivership by the Legislature and Gov. Tom Corbett in March due to problems driven mainly by disastrous financing involving its trash incinerator.
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