Hellertown Borough Council approved a 1.5-mill tax increase for 2026 during its final meeting of the year Monday night, with the additional revenue designated primarily for fire services and rising […]
In November, Hellertown Borough Council adopted a 2025 preliminary general fund budget which included the addition of one new full-time officer to its police staff. But at Monday’s meeting, the preliminary budget was amended to increase that number to two full-time officers, with no tax increase in 2025.
Hellertown borough councilman Andrew Hughes said a 9 mill property tax hike would be necessary to afford adoption of the recommendations included in a recent report by the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association, which conducted a study of the Hellertown Police Department in the wake of theft charges being filed against its former chief last year. Hughes said that would translate to a 41.9 percent property tax increase in year one.
Three Hellertown residents who were elected to borough council in November were sworn into office at Tuesday night's annual reorganization meeting.
Saucon Source recently asked the four candidates who are vying for three seats on Hellertown Borough Council to answer the same four questions, to help our readers be better informed about this important local race.
Among the races Hellertown residents decided in Tuesday's general election were two for borough council, in which a total of five seats were up for grabs.
When Hellertown voters head to the polls next week, or when they complete their mail-in ballots before then, they’ll be choosing from among a total of seven candidates vying for five seats on the seven-member borough council.
