ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The Lehigh County Board of Commissioners adopted the 2027 county budget Wednesday night at the government center. The budget offers a 16.7% tax increase on property owners.
Executive Joshua Siegel’s original spending plan featured a 17.7% tax increase. This translated to a millage rate hike from 3.78 to 4.45.
Commissioners then offered about $1.4 million in reductions on the budget’s first reading Oct. 14, lowering the millage rate increase from the proposed 4.45 to 4.41, or by about 1%…