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.