NORRISTOWN — Norristown council members unanimously adopted a nearly $47.1 million operating budget and a municipal tax increase for 2026.
The action to authorize the balanced eight-figure budget and increase the millage rate from 18.25 mills to 19 mills passed in a 5-0 vote during a special meeting Monday evening. Council members Jasmine Griffen and Will McCoy were absent.
“It’s important that we take this opportunity where we have gotten the budget down to what feels like maybe a manageable level, but I don’t want to pretend that that increase won’t be more difficult for some than others,” Councilwoman Mydera Robinson told MediaNews Group following the Dec. 22 meeting…