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Allentown administration proposes 3.96% property‑tax increase with $25 garbage‑fee cut funded by interfund loan
Summary
At a special Allentown City Council meeting, administration proposed keeping a 3.96% property‑tax increase (estimated $1.5M revenue) while reducing a proposed garbage fee from $740 to $715 per unit; the general fund would lend roughly $1M to the solid‑waste fund, repaid over five years.
Allentown officials on Monday laid out an alternate 2026 budget scenario that would keep a 3.96% city property‑tax increase while trimming a proposed garbage‑collection fee by $25 per unit.
"What we are proposing is an alternative to what was initially proposed," Miss Patel, the administration presenter, told the City Council, describing a plan that would preserve a 3.96% real‑estate tax increase (estimated to generate $1,500,000 for the general fund) and reduce the proposed garbage fee from $740 to $715 per unit.
The administration illustrated effects with sample parcels. For a small parcel at 615 Whitehall Street, the plan would lower the annual total from $1,096.23 to…
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