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Clifton Heights council approves 2026 budget and municipal fee ordinance, raises refuse fee
Summary
The Clifton Heights Borough Council approved its 2026 budget and Ordinance No. 891 setting the tax millage and municipal fees, including a roughly $100 increase in the refuse collection fee and a $414 sewer rental rate; council cited rising tipping and contract costs for the change.
Clifton Heights — The Clifton Heights Borough Council on a unanimous voice and roll-call vote approved the borough’s 2026 budget and Ordinance No. 891, which sets the borough’s real estate tax components and establishes municipal fees including a higher refuse collection charge and a sewer rental rate.
The manager presented the ordinance and budget, saying the total real-estate-related millage sums to 11.234 mills when line items for debt service, recreation, fire service and police pension are combined. He told council that contract and tipping-fee increases for trash collection required using a portion of the borough’s fund balance to keep the budget balanced while maintaining a 0% tax-rate increase.
"To fully fund the trash, we're gonna be fall short about $27,000 taken out of the fund balance," the manager said as he laid out the projections and recommended a $100-per-year adjustment to the refuse fee. The ordinance sets the…
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