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Falls Township residents shouldn’t expect their municipal taxes increase next year.
The Falls Township Board of Supervisors are looking keep the tax rate at 7.22 mills. The township last saw a tax increase in 1992, which is when new homes cost an average of $122,500 and George H. W. Bush was president.
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Homeowners in the township pay $216.60 on the average assessment with no additional fee for waste pickup.
Falls Township Finance Director Betsy Reukauf pointed to 2020 tax rates in surrounding towns during her Monday evening budget presentation. The average homeowner in Bristol Township pays $1,036 and $854 in Middletown Township in taxes to their municipality.
The township is planning to spend $36.4 million in the upcoming year. The police department takes up 55.9 percent of the budget and insurance and pension costs come in second at 17.8 percent.
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Reukauf noted the township has seen its pension obligation rise from $1.3 million in 2012 to an expected $3.1 million in 2021 pension costs. The township will have to pay $2.4 million with the rest being covered by state assistance.
Falls Township plans to undertake several capital projects, including $3.6 million for full reconstruction of Willow Drive in Levittown, $470,000 for vehicles and other equipment for police, $243,000 for new dump trucks, $150,000 to cut down trees weakened by damage and invasive bugs, $57,100 for adaptive traffic signal upgrades for multiple busy roadways, and $50,325 for improvements to the intersection of North Olds Boulevard and Trenton Road in Fairless Hills.
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The 2021 proposed budget expects to bring in $16.8 million in host fees from Waste Management’s landfills, nearly $1 million in resource recovery fees, $800,000 in real estate transfer tax, $760,000 in permit fees, $650,000 for cable TV provider fees, and $575,000 in local services taxes.
The Falls Township Board of Supervisors are expected to vote to adopt the budget at the December 21 meeting.
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