Editor’s note: This story was changed to reflect that garbage rates in the borough are not going up as was previously reported.
Springdale residents may soon see an increase to their sewer bills, but property taxes are set to remain unchanged in the borough’s proposed budget.
Sewer rates would go up $1 per 1,000 gallons of usage, from $13.75 to $14.75.
At the borough’s rate of 9.75 mills, the owner of a property with the borough’s median assessed value of $82,000 would continue to pay about $801 annually in property taxes.
Springdale’s general fund income is set to increase by about 5% over last year to $3.38 million, while expenses would exceed that number by about $1,000. Springdale Borough Manager Terry Carcella said the borough would make up that deficit using its reserve funds.
Most of the budget is earmarked for the police department, borough payroll and public works expenses.
Police expenses would total $1.1 million, a full one-third of the budget. Officer payroll would account for $738,000 of that amount.
Combined, refuse hauling and public works expenses would total about $919,000. That’s in addition to $475,000 for borough pension contributions and $248,000 for administrative payroll.
Much of the borough’s income, $1.3 million, would come from real estate taxes. Another $579,000 would come from other local taxes in addition to $466,000 from refuse collection fees.
Council will vote on the budget Dec. 16, the same day it’s expected to approve or reject a conditional use application from developers seeking to build a massive data center in the borough.
