Increased Fire & EMS Tax Millage Survey

To meet the increasing financial needs of fire and ambulance services, on 11 July 2024 the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed Regular Session 2023-2024 House Bill 2310, which authorized increased millage rates for annual taxes levied by Townships of the Second Class for Fire Protection and Emergency Services from 3 mills to 10 mills (read "Millage Rate Limits Raised for Dedicated Fire & EMS Taxes").

The Newtown Board of Supervisors can enact an ordinance authorizing the levy of up to 10 mills of fire tax annually and up to 5 mills of emergency services tax annually without specifying the actual tax rate. The actual tax rate, however, for each given year would be decided by the Board during its year-end budgeting process.

NOTE: For the average Newtown Township homeowner, a 1 mill yearly real estate tax amounts to about $39.00. Calculate Your Yearly Newtown Township Tax: https://rebrand.ly/NT_tax_calc 

What do you think? Should Newtown Township authorize this new limit in Fire and EMS Services Tax? And if it does, should it actually increase these taxes and by how much? This survey asks your opinion...

NOTE: A tax increase may not be proposed for 2025. However, this may likely need to be addressed in the near future as additional resources become necessary.

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Where do you live? *
Should Newtown supervisors enact an ordinance that authorizes the township to levy up to 10 mills of fire tax annually and up to 5 mills of emergency services tax annually? (NOTE:  This ordinance would not specify the actual tax rate. See next question.)      *
OPTIONAL: Please add any comments you think are appropriate such as why you answered the way you did.
If Newtown enacts an ordinance to allow these tax increases, how much of an increase - if any - should it levy in future budgets? *
NO INCREASE!
1 mill increas
2 mills increase
More than 2 mills increase
Fire Tax
EMS Tax
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