Credit: Middletown Township
Middletown’s proposed 2016 budget does not show a proposed tax increase.
If the spending plan presented to the public and Middletown Board of Supervisors is approved in December, the millage rate would remain at 17.57 mills, which equals about $513 for the average assessed property of $29,194. A .5 percent Earned Income Tax (EIT) remains in place and is expected to net the township $5.5 million next year.
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Township Manager Stephanie Teoli Kuhls announced in her budget message that the proposed $32 million spending plan is down .5 percent from the 2015 budget adopted last December.
For 2016, the township will owe the Teamsters, Public Works and Crossing Guards wage increases that have been budgeted. Middletown is also currently negotiating a new contract with the police union.
The budget includes the hiring of two full-time police officers, which will bring the force to 56 sworn officers to patrol the township of roughly 45,000.
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Middletown currently sits on a roughly $40 million investment fund that it does not normally touch when budgeting.
Teoli Kuhls said the township has rolled back costs in recent years and will continue to seek grant funds to cover costs.
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The Middletown Board of Supervisors are set to consider the proposed budget at their December 7 meeting.
