Bridgeville approves 2024 budget with no tax increase
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Bridgeville will hold the line on taxes for another year.
Bridgeville council approved the borough’s spending plan for 2024 on Dec. 11. It totals just more than $7.93 million.
There is no increase in property taxes, as the millage rate remains at 10 mills on land, and 6.5 mills on buildings. A mill is $1 of tax money for every $1,000 of a home’s assessed value.
The quarterly fee for garbage service has increased to $72, based on the borough renewing its contract with County Hauling. There also is an increase in sewer fees that passes on a 7% ALCOSAN rate increase.
Monthly sewer fees increase from $17.14 per thousand gallons with a $7.29 per month ALCOSAN service charge, to $17.87 per thousand gallons with the $7.80 monthly ALCOSAN service charge. The new rates took effect Jan. 1.
Bridgeville’s portion of the sewer fee remains unchanged, and represents $6.73 of the total fee per thousand gallons.
Highlights in the budget include hiring another full-time police officer. With the hire, Bridgeville will increase its ranks to nine full-time officers. The budget also includes new bulletproof vests and tasers for all officers.
There are increased contributions to the Bridgeville Library, Volunteer Fire Company and SouthBridge EMS.
In public works, the budget provides for the replacement of a truck, $336,000 for road resurfacing to repave three streets, and other projects that include new sidewalk bumpouts on Bank Street and new sidewalks on Chartiers Street.
The budget has contracted improvements to the Cook School Park basketball court area and a new pickleball court, and construction of the McLaughlin Run Park Meadow.
The borough will hire a consultant to develop a downtown zoning ordinance amendment as recommended by the comprehensive plan. It will also begin to install the first phase of wayfinding signs within the community.
The budget also accounts for investments to the sanitary sewer system, a new garbage collection contract, new recycling carts to borough households, and funds to complete permitting and engineering for a phase of the McLaughlin Run Flood Control project.