Red Lion Borough Council overrides mayor’s veto, approves 2026 real estate tax levy

Council member Cindy Barley moved and Council member Brady Greer seconded a motion to override the mayor’s veto of the 2026 real estate tax levy ordinance at a special budget meeting on Dec. 16, 2025. The council took a roll-call vote that resulted in five members supporting the override and two opposing; the motion carried and the ordinance will stand.

Council member Evan Heister urged colleagues to consider projected borough spending, saying, "we may not have enough to make all the necessary requests for following years." Mark Holloway said he reluctantly supported the increase, while Tony Musoo said the borough had gone more than a decade without raising taxes but that "it is time". Dennis Klinedinst voted no. Council member Amy Lau said she "appreciates all that has been done" but that with recent changes in the borough "it was just too much too soon for her," and she voted no.

Solicitor Samantha Craley-Byerts confirmed the result: "the council has officially overridden the mayor’s veto by 5 votes," and said she will send the correct statement to include in the original ordinance. The meeting was adjourned at 6:22 p.m.; Amanda Runkle, Treasurer, submitted the minutes.