Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
Bristol Township is planning to hold the line on taxes in 2018.
The news came during Township Manager Bill McCauley’s preliminary budget address last week.
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In 2018, the township plans to spend $63.9 million, an increase of $8.6 million over the 2016 spending plan. McCauley explained the increase is due to capital projects Bristol Township plans to undertake.
The budget aims to keep the municipal tax millage rate at 23.98. The average homeowner is expected to pay $428.69 in municipal property taxes in 2018.
The spending plan invests $1 million in the township’s blighted home program, $2 million in the gateway beautification program, $2 million in repaving and curb replacement, $4 million to expand the park at the municipal complex, fund the reconstruction of the Wister Road bridge, add two police officers, provide $100,000 Glasson Grants to volunteer fire companies and add to a township-wide scanning program. In addition, the township will be continuing the tradition of investing $6 million in its wastewater treatment facility.
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McCauley said two of the seven budgets he has prepared for Bristol Township have included small tax decreases. The township has worked over the years to cut costs and staffing across departments.
Real estate and earned income tax revenues are expected to slightly increase in 2018.
In his budget outline, McCauley said one of the budget’s goals is to invest in making the township more visually appealing.
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