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Trappe Council adopts FY2026 budget, sets tax rates and $189.80 trash fee
Summary
The Trappe Town Council adopted Ordinance 1-2025 setting the FY2026 General Budget, a residential tax rate of $0.33 per $100, a commercial rate of $0.75 per $100, and a $189.80 annual residential trash collection fee; the ordinance passed unanimously after a public hearing with no comments.
President Schmidt read Ordinance 1-2025, which "establish[es] a tax rate of $.33 per $100 of assessed real property value and a tax rate of $.75 per $100 on all commercial or business personal property and public utilities; and establishing an annual fee of $189.80 per residential household for trash collection services." The reading occurred during a public hearing at 5:45 p.m.; no members of the public spoke.
Following routine business, Commissioner Walter Chase moved to adopt Ordinance 1-2025 as presented; Commissioner Jeremy Newnam seconded the motion and the council approved it unanimously. The ordinance adopts both the General Fund budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and an Enterprise Budget for the town's water and sewer operations. The council did not amend the tax rates or the trash fee during the meeting.
The ordinance takes effect according to the Town's adoption process; the council did not discuss a delayed effective date at the meeting. Questions about individual line items are recorded in the Clerk's Report filed with the minutes.
