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West Chester finance committee trims 2026 budget gap; wastewater fund balanced after rate increase
Summary
At an Oct. 8 Finance Committee meeting, West Chester staff reported a smaller general-fund shortfall for the 2026 preliminary budget and said the wastewater fund was balanced after a 3% sewer rate increase and a deferred capital project. Committee members flagged additional cuts and said work to close the remaining gap will continue next week.
West Chester’s Finance Committee reviewed the borough’s September financial report and its 2026 preliminary budget on Oct. 8, hearing from finance staff that the wastewater fund is now balanced and that the general fund’s projected shortfall has been reduced to $387,170.
Barb Leonte, director of finance, told the committee the borough received its state aid payment in September and used part of that money, plus EIT 0.25 revenue, to make contributions above the minimum municipal obligation to pension plans. "We made an excess contribution of $148,771 to the nonuniform plan and $304,195 to the police pension plan," Leonte said. She also said the borough received a $145,763 refund (PHMIC) and $139,096 from the auditor general's office for volunteer fire relief companies; checks have been processed for the West Chester Volunteer and Good Fellowship fire relief…
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