Supervisors Project 4.5% Tax Increase For 2013
Newtown Township's 2013 preliminary budget was presented at a budget meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 5.
NEWTOWN SQUARE–The Newtown Township Board of Supervisors approved, 3-0, the advertisement of the 2013 preliminary budget at a budget meeting on Wednesday night. Supervisor Vice Chairman Dr. Ross Lambert and Supervisor George Wood were absent from the meeting. The 2013 preliminary budget calls for a 4.5 percent tax increase. The township's current millage rate is 2.664 and will increase to 2.831 in the preliminary budget. For the average homeowner in Newtown Township–with an average home approximately assessed at $250,000–they will look to pay $42 more in township taxes next year, if the budget is approved. In total, if approved, the average homeowner's real estate taxes will increase from $665 per year to $707 per year. "We probably have …
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John McDevitt
11:18 am on Saturday, December 8, 2012
Michelle: My comment concerning the gym floor was in regards to another post questioning the communitty center renovation and nothing to do with Newtown Township. I correctly advised that the renovation never included the gym but we made great progreess elsewhere for which I am very proud. I like and respect Patti Wilson and I don't care to join your liberal post. Nice to see blame Obama in the … more ›