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For 29th year, Falls Township is holding the line on taxes.
The Falls Township Board of Supervisors approved a 2021 budget that will keep the millage rate at 7.22. Homeowners will pay $216.60 on the average assessment with no additional fee for waste pickup.
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The township has budgeted spending $36.4 million in the coming year.
The spending plan includes 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.
In 2021, Falls Township 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.
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Officials noted that the township receives less than 4 cents of every tax dollar, the county gets about 13 cents, and the Pennsbury School District receives 84 cents.
Last month, Falls Township Finance Director Betsy Reukauf said the municipality 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.
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