As has been the case for several years, there will be no tax increase for residents of Birmingham or Pennsbury townships.
Both municipalities have passed their respective budgets for 2016 and township property tax millage rates remain steady.
Pennsbury’s budget is balanced with revenues and expenses projected to be $1,616,625. Property taxes remain at 1.49 mills. (A mill is a tax of $1 for every $1,000 of assessed property value.)
Township Manager Kathy Howley reminds residents that there is a 0.312 percent earned income tax in the township. She said many people forget about that tax and are surprised when the tax collection agency — Keystone Collections — contacts them for back taxes.
Howley also said the new budget includes a $500 increase for Bayard Taylor Library and a $25,000 increase for Longwood Fire Co. The library will receive $35,500 from the township, and the fire company will get $150,000.
Birmingham Township property taxes will also remain steady at 1.6 mills, the same level since 2010.
Expenses are estimated to be $1.5 million while revenues, which include $737,607 carried forward, is anticipated to be $2.1 million.
According to Birmingham’s Township Manager Quina Nelling, sewer rates will remain at $145 per quarter.
Property owners in both townships will also be paying Chester County property taxes at 4.163 mills and Unionville-Chadds Ford School District property taxes at 26.99 mills.
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.
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