Gateway school board members will consider a settlement that would bring in more than $250,000 in back taxes from Allegheny Health Network’s Forbes Hospital campus as well as nearly $60,000 in annual taxes moving forward.
At issue is a small portion of AHN’s 50-acre hospital campus in Monroeville. The property is assessed at just over $112 million, but is currently 100% tax exempt. The school district and the Municipality of Monroeville have both challenged that tax status through the Allegheny County Board of Property Assessments and Appeals Review.
An Oct. 17 letter to the school board from their delinquent tax attorneys, Pittsburgh-based Weiss Burkardt Kramer, contains details on a deal that would see AHN settle back taxes on just under 2.2% of the property that is considered taxable.
“It was erroneously awarded its exempt status in 2019 due to the processing of a consolidation plan by Allegheny County,” attorney Lee Dellecker wrote in the letter. “After multiple discussions, the parties arrived at (a) tentative settlement, contingent on school board approval.”
AHN would owe taxes on 1.1% of the property for 2020, and 2.19% of the property from 2021-2024 and in the future. Nearly 98% of the campus would remain tax-exempt, but the settlement would mean back taxes in the amount of almost $253,000 for the school district.
Figures were not immediately available regarding the tax impact to the municipality.
For the 2025 tax year, Dellecker said, Gateway’s current 24.0684 millage rate would bring in just over $59,000 in annual property taxes from AHN going forward.
AHN officials declined comment.
Dellecker recommended the board approve the settlement. It is on the school board’s Oct. 28 agenda.
