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Upper Hanover board adopts 2024 draft budget for public advertisement; no tax increase
Summary
Supervisors approved a draft 2024 operating budget of $4,336,411 and authorized its advertisement for public comment, with a $645,528 shortfall to be covered from fund balance; the township kept the tax rate at 1.45 mills and expects $628,874 in grant funding for capital projects.
On Nov. 14 the Upper Hanover Township Board of Supervisors voted 5‑0 to adopt the 2024 draft budget for advertisement and public comment. The draft shows $4,336,411 in General Fund expenditures against $3,690,833 in revenues, leaving a planned $645,528 shortfall to be covered by prior‑year fund balance and interfund transfers.
Supervisor Ben Fiorito presented the budget, noting no increase in the township tax rate (1.45 mills). The budget includes anticipated grant revenue of $628,874 and funds capital priorities including new pickleball courts, two streambank‑restoration projects, and repairs to St. Paul’s Church Road Bridge. The board also adopted Resolution No. 2023‑36 to authorize 2023 budgeted interfund transfers; that resolution passed 5‑0.
Why it matters: The advertisement step opens the draft to public comment and is a required procedural step before final adoption. The draft maintains the current millage rate while relying on a planned use of fund balance to cover the budget gap.
What’s next: The draft will be advertised for public comment and return to the board for consideration of final adoption in December.
