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No tax hike for 2015

Lansford Borough Council approved its tentative budget Wednesday with no tax increase anticipated.

The final budget adoption will occur at a special meeting of the council on Dec. 30.The new budget shows some categories having slight increases while others have decreases.Overall, the new budget calls for a property tax rate of 32.82 mills. The 2014 millage rate was 32.91, meaning a slight decrease in tax bills.A home valued at $25,000 would see a decrease of $2.25 in annual property tax.The general purpose budget is 26.34 mills. The past year's budget was 26.32 mills, which is 0.02 mills less.However, the fire fund, which was 1.2 mills, was reduced to 1.0 mills. The library tax of 0.1 mill was eliminate.The park and recreation tax will increase from 0.61 to 0.97 mills.Unchanged are the sewer debt service at 1.4 mills and pensions at 0.5 mills.The budget shows a decrease of $17,140 in revenue.