Pennsbury Township will begin 2015 with a new budget, but no new or increased taxes. Supervisors there passed the new spending plan during their Dec. 9 meeting.
The plan is balanced with revenues and expenses anticipated at slightly more than $1.56 million. Township taxes will remain at 1.49 mills. Of that amount, 0.79 mills are for the open space tax and 0.7 mills being the township property tax. A mill is a tax of $1 for every $1,000 of assessed value.
• By a 3-0 vote, supervisors approved the Corridor Management Plan that’s part of the Brandywine Scenic Byway project. That project includes Route 52 and Creek Road and covers a total 25 miles in Pennsylvania from the border with Delaware up to West Chester.
Part of the byway would include a bikeway along Route 52. Alma Forsythe, Pennsbury’s representative on the Byway Commission, told supervisors that the bikeway is actually a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation project, but that including it in the byway plan would help keep costs down.
• The supervisors’ regular monthly meeting in January will follow the state-mandated organization meeting on Monday, Jan. 5. Those meetings begin at 7 p.m. in the township building.
About Rich Schwartzman
Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.
