Petition of City of Clairton

McGINLEY, Judge.

This is an appeal by the United Steel Workers of America Local Number 1557, Pat Giles, Jerry Rowe, et al (Appellants) from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (common pleas court) granting approval of the City of Clairton’s (Clairton) petition for approval of an additional one-half percent of general purpose earned income tax for the year 1990.

In October of 1987, Clairton requested the Department of Community Affairs (Department) to determine its eligibility as a distressed municipality 1 pursuant to the Financially Distressed Municipalities Act (FDMA). 2…