No property tax increase planned in Hampton's $19.75 million proposed budget for 2026
Hampton’s property tax rate would remain unchanged under the township’s proposed 2026 budget.
The total tax rate would stay at 2.9241 mills. The owner of a property at Hampton’s median value of $175,000 would continue to pay about $512 annually.
The tax rate consists of three parts — 1.979 mills for the township’s general fund, 0.7415 mills for the capital improvement fund and 0.2036 mills for a fire tax.
The township’s total spending would increase by about 1%, from a total of $19.54 million in 2025 to $19.75 million in 2026.
The general fund would increase about 2.7%, from $16.53 million to $16.99 million. That is countered by an 8.2% reduction in capital improvement fund spending, from about $3 million to $2.76 million.
According to Hampton Manager Ryan Jeroski, the 2026 capital improvement program includes $1.1 million in road paving, $200,000 to pave the community park trail, $250,000 to buy new fitness equipment at the community center, $250,000 to line and replace sanitary sewers, $205,000 to replace a boom mower in the public works department and $78,000 for the township’s share of engineering work associated with the reconstruction of the intersection of Wildwood Road and Route 8.
The program also allocates $75,000 to begin architectural design for a new public safety facility on Wildwood Road.
Next year’s stormwater fund includes $150,000 to rehabilitate the Pelusi stormwater detention pond; $100,000 for pipe lining of storm sewers along Ashland Court, Trillium Trail and Rosemonte Drive;$100,000 for storm sewer line replacements along Saddle Drive and Branding Place; and $100,000 to upsize a pipe along Wagner Road to address flooding in that area, Jeroski said.
The proposed 2026 budget is available on the township’s website at hampton-pa.org. Copies also are available at the Hampton municipal building and community center.
A public hearing on the budget is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3 in council chambers at the municipal building, 3101 McCully Road.
Hampton Council will vote to adopt the budget on Dec. 17.
Brian C. Rittmeyer, a Pittsburgh native and graduate of Penn State University's Schreyer Honors College, has been with the Trib since December 2000. He can be reached at brittmeyer@triblive.com.
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