Bucks County’s 2026 operating budget proposal doesn’t include tax increases for residents, but a $16.4M deficit leaves it a possibility.
Although the Bucks County $516 million 2026 operating budget proposal does not include tax increases for residents, county commissioners are currently leaving this possibility open while they deal with a projected $16.4 million deficit and rising expenses, writes Fallon Roth for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Democratic Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia said “there’s no question” that a tax increase is a possibility, and that the budget proposal is still a work in progress…