Residents Get Look at 'Lean and Mean' 2014 Budget

Upper Macungie Township's 2014 budget doesn't raise taxes or fees, but also doesn't leave much room for a rainy day fund, township treasurer Barry Moyer said Thursday.

"It's a pretty lean and mean budget," Moyer told residents at Thursday's supervisors meeting. "If it works out otherwise, that would be great."

The $14.1 million budget keeps the Upper Macungie property tax rate at .64 mills, which means the owner of a property assessed at $100,000 would pay a $64 property tax.

The biggest expenses in the budget are the police department—$3.3 million—and refuse/recycling, at $1.8 million.