YORK-The York County Board of Supervisors recently adopted its new budget, which goes into effect with the new fiscal year starting July 1. The new budget, which is roughly $257 million, includes $165 million in general operating funds.
The Fiscal Year(FY)23 operating budget also includes a reduction of the real estate tax rate from 79.5 cents to 78 cents per $100 of assessed value. The tax rate on personal property remains at $4.
The bulk of the operating budget will go toward education, which is around $70 million. Other highlights of the new budget are funding for a renovation project at the Yorktown Library, funding for the county’s new law enforcement center as well as funding for ten new firefighters, two school resource officers, and two patrol deputies. The firefighters will help staff the county’s new fire station on Mooretown Road.
The York County Board of Supervisors approved the latest budget during a work session on May 3.
“I’m prepared to support the budget,” Supervisor W. Chad Green said during the meeting. “It drops the rate, provides for more fire and life safety personnel, provides for some more deputies that we need, and provides for some compensation to low to middle level employees who are really getting hurt by this inflationary process. It’s a good budget.”
Prior to the adoption of the budget, there was discussion about how much the county should reduce the real estate tax rate. Supervisor Walter Zaremba voted against adopting the budget, as he would have liked to see the tax rate lowered more than what was being recommended. The supervisors agreed to revisit the issue next year for FY24.