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Williams Township adopts 2025 budget, approves tax millage and clears land-use and administrative measures
Summary
At its Dec. 11 meeting the Williams Township Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the 2025 budget and adopted a resolution setting real estate tax millage rates. The board also approved a subdivision plan, a house-number ordinance correction, sewage allocation and a hazard mitigation update; motions carried 3-0.
Williams Township — The Williams Township Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the township’s 2025 budget and a resolution setting the 2025 real estate tax millage rates during its Dec. 11 regular meeting at 655 Cider Press Road in Easton.
The board’s vote on the budget came after a brief presentation of routine department and commission reports; Supervisor Michael Bryant moved to approve the 2025 budget and Vice Chair Raymond Abert seconded. The board recorded the motion as carried 3-0.
The budget vote was one of several administrative and land-use measures the board cleared in a single meeting. Vice Chair Raymond Abert moved to adopt Resolution 2024-23 to set the township’s 2025 real estate tax millage rates; Supervisor Michael Bryant seconded and the motion carried 3-0.
Also approved were: - Wassergass Meadows preliminary/final minor subdivision (adopted by motion; approval was conditioned on resolving items in the township engineer’s report); Vice Chair Raymond Abert moved the resolution, seconded by Supervisor Michael Bryant, motion carried 3-0. - Ordinance 2024-08, a House Number Ordinance amendment the solicitor said corrects a typographical error in the prior ordinance; Supervisor Michael Bryant moved to approve the ordinance and Vice Chair Raymond Abert seconded; motion carried 3-0. - Authorization for the township attorney to advertise an MDR zoning ordinance update (motion by Supervisor Michael Bryant; second by Vice Chair Raymond Abert; carried 3-0). - Acceptance of a Colliers Engineering sewage allocation memorandum dated Nov. 12, 2024 (motion by Supervisor Michael Bryant; second by Vice Chair Raymond Abert; carried 3-0). - Approval to close the township books on Dec. 26, 2024 (motion by Supervisor Michael Bryant; second by Vice Chair Raymond Abert; carried 3-0). - Approval of the Lehigh Valley 2024 Hazard Mitigation Plan update by resolution (moved by Supervisor Michael Bryant; seconded by Vice Chair Raymond Abert; carried 3-0).
The meeting minutes list 'Resolution 2024-24' for both the Wassergass Meadows subdivision approval and the Hazard Mitigation Plan update; the duplication appears in the transcript and may require confirmation from township records for the correct resolution numbering.
Nut graf: The board’s unanimous votes complete routine end-of-year business: adopting the annual budget and tax settings that govern township spending for 2025, approving a minor subdivision subject to engineering conditions, and advancing zoning and hazard-planning actions. These items set fiscal and planning priorities for the year ahead.
What happens next: The subdivision approval requires the applicant to address the township engineer’s comments before final recording; advertising the MDR zoning amendment begins a future ordinance process; the solicitor and manager will implement administrative actions (closing the books, filing resolutions) as recorded in the minutes.
Attendance and timing: Chairperson George Washburn called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.; the session was adjourned at 7:34 p.m. The board indicated an executive session earlier Dec. 11 on legal matters. Public comment included a resident’s concerns about roadside signage and bamboo encroachment on Browns Drive and Old Well Road.
