West Penn Township residents won’t see an increase in their municipal tax rates next year.

Township supervisors Monday morning unanimously adopted the 2023 budget with no increase.

That leaves the millage rate at 4.50 mills.

Last month, supervisors on a 2-1 vote agreed to make cuts to several departmental budgets to give it a balanced spending plan. Supervisor Glenn Hummel was opposed.

Before the vote, board Chairman Tony Prudenti said there was a $100,043 difference in the budget.

Prudenti then proposed taking $50,000 out of the truck fund, $30,000 from the road department, and $10,000 each from the office and police department’s budgets.

Hummel said he was against the action because the police department has gone three straight years without an increase.

In October, the board heard a request for a 10% to 15% increase for the road department next year after Houser said he’d like to see the road department’s budget increase by that amount in 2023.

Township roadmaster Jeremy Frable said at that time the money would go toward the rising costs of fuel and road materials.

However, Prudenti said at that time the road department would see about a $90,000 increase in its budget if that request were to have been approved.

The board also discussed giving the township’s fire department $55,000 next year, along with its workers’ compensation, which Prudenti said comes out to about $75,000.

Supervisors appeared committed to giving the township ambulance department $45,000.

Don Hoppes, of Penn Mahoning Ambulance, asked if the ambulance department could apply for a Local Share Account grant for a vehicle.

Hoppes said the ambulance needs about $175,000 to $200,000 for a truck, and that even if it could order it right now, they’d be looking at two years until they would get it.