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The Southern Lehigh School Board met Monday to adopt a district budget that includes a modest tax increase for the 2019-2020 school year. School officials also reflected on the high school’s graduation ceremony, which was held Friday.
If you’re a property owner in the Saucon Valley School District, you most likely won’t have a higher tax bill when the district’s 2019-2020 real estate tax bills go out this summer.
A vote on a $47,401,439 proposed Saucon Valley School District budget for 2019-2020 was tabled at the school board’s meeting Tuesday, after board members said they wanted more information before voting on its adoption.
If you’re a property owner in Lower Saucon Township, you can expect to pay more in fire tax next year if the 2019 preliminary budget approved by township council Wednesday is adopted next month.
A vote about whether the Saucon Valley School District should support a high school singing group’s trip to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City in April became an emotional flashpoint Tuesday for some parents who said they’re concerned about whether the school board is being as supportive of the arts as it is of athletics.
A popular Hellertown playground will be improved in 2018, after the borough received grant money for upgrades to it. Council also adopted a 2018 borough budget with a .5 mill tax increase Dec. 4.
If a preliminary budget proposal approved by Lower Saucon Township Council Wednesday is adopted before the end of the year, it will be more expensive to both live and work in the township in 2018.
Property owners in Hellertown will be paying more in taxes in 2018 if a preliminary budget approved for advertisement by a 7-0 borough council vote Monday night is ultimately adopted.
Hellertown Borough Council approved the borough’s 2017 preliminary General Fund, Sanitation, Fire Appropriation, Highway Aid and Capital budgets at their meeting Monday night.
The draft budget for Lower Saucon Township for 2017 was discussed by township council at a special meeting Wednesday night and it contained some good news for taxpayers. The budget, as presented, does not include a tax increase.
