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Lebanon Township Committee signals consensus to proceed with a ".02 cent" tax increase during 2025 budget work session
Summary
At a March 13 budget work session, Lebanon Township officials reviewed the proposed 2025 budget and department requests; after presentations by the CFO and public-safety chiefs, the Committee indicated consensus to proceed with a ".02 cent" tax increase and scheduled further budget discussion for March 20, 2025.
Mayor Brian Wunder called the Lebanon Township Committee’s March 13, 2025 budget work session to order at 5:30 p.m. and confirmed the meeting was held in compliance with the Open Public Meeting Act. Township CFO Lorraine England presented an updated 2025 budget and led the Committee through a review of departmental requests.
Police Chief Jason Cronce outlined the Police Department’s budget needs, and Treasurer Brittany Trawin together with Fire Chief Warren Gabriel III reviewed the Fire Department’s budget. After the presentations and committee discussion, the Committee indicated it was in consensus to proceed with a ".02 cent" tax increase for 2025. The minutes record this as a consensus decision; no formal roll-call vote on that tax action is shown in the meeting record.
Public comment was opened on a motion by Mr. Abe Abuchowski, seconded by Ms. Beverly Koehler; the motion passed on a recorded ayes list. No members of the public spoke during the allotted three-minute public-comment period, and the Committee closed public comment on a subsequent motion by Mr. Abuchowski, seconded by Ms. Koehler, which also passed on a recorded ayes list.
With no further business, Mr. Jay Wojcik moved to adjourn; Ms. Koehler seconded and the motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
The Committee scheduled continued budget discussion for Thursday, March 20, 2025. The transcript records the tax-change language as a ".02 cent" increase but does not specify whether that figure denotes a percentage point, tax-rate-per-dollar measure, or the anticipated fiscal impact on a typical homeowner; the fiscal impact was not provided in the minutes.
