No Tax Hike in 2013 under Upper Macungie's Proposed Budget
Upper Macungie Township residents would pay more for sewer services next year but garbage and recycling fees would be down.
Upper Macungie's proposed 2013 budget would again hold the line on taxes, even as the township prepares to open its own police department in January. Township residents would pay $16 more in sewer fees, but their garbage and recycling fees would decrease by $60, said township treasurer Barry Moyer. The proposed 2013 budget is $13.7 million, a decrease of $2.7 million from the current year. Moyer said the 2012 budget was higher because it included the $2.2 million construction cost of the township's new police department building and the township's final $200,000 payment to the Parkland School district for the Lone Lane Park land. "This budget is lean and mean," said Moyer. "There are no major expenses in this budget. I don't know where we …
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