Politics & Government

Borough To Consider $3.71M Budget Tonight

The proposed budget would increase the tax rate from 6 to 9 mills.

 

Newtown Borough Council will consider a $3.71 million budget at its regular meeting tonight, which begins at 7 p.m. at the

The proposed budget would increase the tax rate from 6 to 9 mills. The proposed budget calls for a 2.25 mill tax increase in the general fund. Additionally, a .5 mill increase in the lighting fund is proposed as well as a new .25 mill ambulance service tax.

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The average homeowner in the borough can expect to pay $129 more in municipal taxes.

"The work that we've done over the past several meetings, balancing expenses versus revenue, especially in the general fund, we made some good process," Council member Gerard O'Malley said at a meeting last month. "But it came up short of where we need it to be."

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Throughout the budget process, the budget committee made cuts to reduce the budget by $130,000, he said.

O'Malley, who is a co-chair on the budget committee, said big changes were made to get the budget where it is now and there's not much more that can be done.

The full 2012 budget can be viewed on the borough's website by clicking here.


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