North Strabane Twp Approves Budget

North Strabane Township supervisors buttoned up their year by approving the budget for 2022. No tax increase is in store for residents this year as the $36 million spending plan was adopted by a vote of 4-1. Council chairman Neil Kelly was the dissenting vote and offered no comment on why he voted no. The new budget is $6 million more than last year. According to Township Manager Andrew Walz, a bond floated earlier this year figures into the budget total. The Building Construction fund is the biggest category holding more than $9.4 million in funds. Walz indicates that a lot of construction is ongoing and will begin in 2022 to use that fund category. The township will finish the Eighty Four fire department substation, they will put out to bid the new public safety building on Rt. 19 and they hope to begin design on the new administration building near the park.