After a couple of revisions, Gilpin supervisors voted to enact an annual skill games tax in the township.
Under the new tax, owners of skill game machines are required to pay a $350 annual tax per machine they have operating in the township.
Township officials had previously discussed a $100 annual tax on nearly all coin-operated mechanical amusement devices, not just skill games.
The tax, though, leaves other amusement machines and games, such as pool tables, dart boards and jukeboxes, out of the conversation.
Supervisor Charles Stull said money from the skill games tax would go to the township’s general fund budget.
“There’s no special plans for the money,” Stull said.
The tax was approved in a 3-1 vote. Supervisor Jeremy Smail voted against the tax. Supervisors Kevin Miller, Gary Hall and Stull voted in favor of it. Chairwoman Tina Thompson was absent.
The township stands to generate between $4,900 and $5,950 on the 14 to 17 skill games operating in the municipality, Stull said.
Kiski Township’s interim manager Jason Dailey previously told TribLive that, in general, a skill games tax is a way for municipalities to generate new revenue without having to raise property taxes.
Gilpin is among a rising number of communities that have been discussing such taxes, including Lower Burrell, Ford City, and Kiski and Washington townships.
