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Elizabethtown council debates GEARS funding formula; decision deferred to March 5

Elizabethtown Borough Council · February 19, 2026
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Summary

Council members discussed proposed revisions to a GEARS funding agreement that would change the annual increase cap from CPI to CPI plus 3%. Council debated fairness and the need for a financial guardrail and scheduled formal action for March 5, 2026.

Borough Manager Ann Roda told council members that the original draft funding agreement from member municipality managers limited annual increases to the Consumer Price Index (CPI). GEARS…

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