WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. — Whitehall Township property owners would pay more in taxes next year if the mayor’s proposed $36.7 million budget is approved.
The board of commissioners on Monday began reviewing Mayor Joseph J. Marx’s proposed budget, which would raise real estate tax to increase from 3.80 mills to 4.70 mills — a 0.9 of a mill increase.
The increase is needed because of the township’s relatively stagnated economic growth, increases in fixed costs and the present and future capital needs of the township, Marx said in a letter to commissioners…