No Tax Increase For Falls Township Residents

FALLS TOWNSHIP, PA —Falls Township Supervisors have adopted a 2025 municipal budget that will hold the line on taxes for residents.

During Tuesday night’s meeting, supervisors approved a $48,871,695 budget that maintains the current 8.97 millage rate.

Under the budget, property owners would continue to pay $269.10 for an average assessment of
$30,000 under the township’s 2025 budget.

The owner of a similarly assessed Bristol Township property, by comparison, paid $1,059.40 in local taxes for 2024, while the owner of a similarly assessed Northampton Township home paid $1,415.

Unlike neighboring communities, Falls Township residents are not assessed for trash and leaf pickup.

While keeping taxes flat, the township is planning several upgrades in 2025.

Township officials have earmarked $100,000 to replace the 15-year-old slide at Pinewood Pool and $70,000 for improvements at Elderberry Park and Mill Creek Manor Park.

The 2025 spending plan reduces the reliance on host community fees from $16.8 million in 2019 to $7 million for 2025, Finance Director Betsy Reukauf said.

Reukauf said $10 million is estimated to be collected in 2025 from the EIT.

For every $1 paid in taxes, Falls Township receives just 4 cents. Yet, year after year, the township sees spiraling pension contribution increases.

Over the last decade, the township has seen its pension obligation nearly triple.

Pension contributions surged from $1.3 million in 2012 to $2.6 million in 2017, with nearly $3 million projected for next year, all while the state contributions have remained relatively flat.

Even with holding the line on taxes, the township is planning several capital projects, including culvert improvements at South Olds Boulevard, Rice Drive, and Falls Township Community
Park.

In addition, repairs are planned for Martins Creek, as well as drainage upgrades at Briaroot Lane.
Mill and overlay projects planned for next year include Cedar Lane, Corbin Lane, and East Tyburn Road.