Harmar will not raise taxes in 2023, and its expenditures include a minuscule increase over the current year’s, according to its budget to be voted on this week.
The $3 million budget marks a 2.2% increase over this year’s $2.95 million , with little changes to how the township plans to spend its funds.
While no public officials responded to requests for comment from the Tribune-Review, the proposed budget that is posted online details the small changes compared with this year.
Some of the larger increases come from areas such as computer and internet expenses. The proposed budget earmarks $48,300 for those costs, more than double that of the current year.
Full-time police salaries are expected to increase to $526,300, a roughly 4% increase over the $506,424 allocated in 2022. The overtime costs are expected to increase 55%, coming in at $93,000.
Along with those increases comes a 21.2% hike in health insurance costs, which are expected to be about $129,300.
In total, public safety costs are expected to increase about 13%, totaling roughly $1.7 million.
Meanwhile, the public works department’s budget is set to decrease. The proposed budget allocates a little under $563,000 for the department, an 18.5% decrease compared with this year’s budget.
Harmar supervisors will vote on the final budget at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the township municipal building, 701 Freeport Road.
