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Safeguarding Taxpayer
Dollars
The Falls Township Board of
Supervisors, led by Democrats Jonathan Snipes, Jim Prokopiak and
Bob Harvie, continue to demonstrate the kind of principled and
dedicated leadership we have come to expect over the last seven
years. While other municipalities in Bucks County, and all over
America, are finding it hard to generate the kind of revenue
required to meet the basic needs of their communities, Falls
Township is putting its money to good use.
Thanks to the leadership of
the Board majority, Falls will have its first ever tax rebate in
2009 to help those struggling to make ends meet. Falls Township
taxpayers will be able to apply for a $100 refund after they
have paid their 2009 Township tax bill in the Spring. Since most
homeowners pay a little over $200 a year in Falls Township
taxes, the refund will amount to almost 50% of their bills. In
addition, business owners in Falls can apply for a partial
refund of their business license fee in 2009. Business owners
will get back $50 of the $75 fee.
In addition to helping out
property and business owners, the Board majority continue to
accelerate the Falls Township Road program. Over 20 roads will
be repaved or reconstructed next year using income the Township
receives from the Waste Management operations in Falls. This
project will deliver great roads to the residents of Falls and
create good paying jobs at a time when our nation needs to pull
together and improve our economy.
As if this wasn’t enough,
Jonathan Snipes, Jim Prokopiak and Bob Harvie voted to build the
long-awaited boat ramp in Quaker Penn Park. This project will
finally give the residents of Falls access to the Delaware River
they have waited so long for.
And to top it all off, all
these projects and refunds will be done without taking any money
from the Township’s savings account and with no tax increase! In
fact, the savings account will grow even larger next year, even
with all these projects and refunds.
That is what good fiscal
management is all about – meeting the present needs of the
community while continuing to put money in the bank for the
future.
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