The Butler County commissioners approved five assessment appeals from commercial and business properties that lower their fair market value by millions of dollars.

Three of the properties — Mine Safety Worldwide, known as MSA Worldwide, Walmart and Herr-Voss Stamco Inc. — are in the Seneca Valley School District; and two — South Rock Apartments and Stone Crest Apartments — are in the Slippery Rock Area School District.

The school districts and most of the municipalities where the properties are located have approved the settlements. The Cranberry Township supervisors are expected to vote on the MSA and Walmart settlements at their Aug. 27 meeting and Callery did not participate in the appeal from Herr-Voss Stamco, which is owned by Andritz Metals USA.

• The largest fair market value reduction comes in the MSA settlement. The MSA property at 400 Bertha Lamme Drive is occupied by PPG Architectural Coatings. MSA appealed its fair market value of $39.4 million. The settlement reduced the value to $21.2 million for this year and $22.2 million in 2027.

• Herr-Voss Stamco appealed the $10.3 million fair market value of its plant in Callery. The settlement reduced the value to $5.2 million.

• Walmart Real Estate Business Trust appealed the $16.2 million fair market value of its Walmart Supercenter on Route 19. The settlement reduces the value to $15 million for this year and 2027.

• Grandview Development Group, which owns the South Rock Apartments on Keister Road in Slippery Rock, appealed the $17.7 million fair market value of two parcels. The settlement reduces the value to $10.8 million from this year through 2030.

• Stone Crest Development, which owns the Stone Crest Apartments on Cornish Road in Slippery Rock, appealed a $15.1 million fair market value. The settlement reduced the value to $9.7 million from this year through 2030.

Commissioners awarded four municipalities $50,000 each toward road and stormwater improvements projects. The money is derived from the $5 fee the county imposes on vehicle registrations.

• Chicora is paving and tar and chip sealing several streets and a public parking lot at a total cost of $112,740;

• East Butler is paving and repairing curbs on seven streets at a total cost of $96,988;

• Fairview Township is milling and repaving parts of five roads at a total cost of $261,564, which includes the use of $150,000 in township Liquid Fuels funds;

• Prospect is replacing a culvert on Kennedy Road, adding 100 feet of corrugated drainage pipe and replacing the Road at a total cost of $120,324, which includes $54,324 in American Rescue Plan funds.

The county has distributed $1.6 million from the $5 fee fund that has generated nearly $12.7 million in total investments, said Mark Gordon, economic development and planning chief.

Commissioners ratified a grant of up to $2,500 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the senior farmers market nutrition program. The grant is used to provide seniors with five $5 vouchers for the farmers’ markets in the county.

Parks and Recreation Director Lance Welliver announced the Alameda Park Waterpark is closing Aug. 23.