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White Oak adopts 2026 budget, holds tax rate at 9 mills
Summary
At a Feb. 9 special meeting, the White Oak Borough Council adopted the fiscal year 2026 budget and approved an appropriation ordinance that fixes the tax rate at 9 mills with no increase; both measures passed by voice vote. Vote tallies were not specified in the transcript.
The White Oak Borough Council adopted its fiscal year 2026 budget and approved an appropriation ordinance setting the borough tax rate at 9 mills during a special meeting on Feb. 9, 2026.
Speaker 4 introduced Resolution 2026-08 as 'a resolution of the borough of White Oak ... adopting a budget for the fiscal year 2026,' and described the measure as readopting the prior budget for procedural purposes. The council then moved and approved the resolution by voice vote.
Speaker 4 said of the appropriation resolution, 'fixing the tax rate for the year of 2026 at 9 mills, and this is no increase.' Speaker 2 moved to adopt Resolution 2026-09; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. The transcript records 'Aye' and 'Motion passed,' but does not provide a roll-call tally or counts of yes/no votes.
Council members and staff noted that the budget documents were opened and reviewed and remain available for public inspection during normal borough business hours. Speaker 1 reported that 'no changes have been made to the budget.'
The council did not debate changes to the tax rate during the special meeting; Speaker 4 framed Resolution 2026-09 as the formal appropriation and rate-setting action. Following the approvals, the special meeting adjourned and the council reconvened into its scheduled workshop meeting.
