Property taxes in Banks Township won’t rise in 2025.

Meeting in special session Friday, the township supervisors adopted a $383,600 spending plan that calls for the same 1.9 mills in property taxes as in 2024, when the first tax increase was enacted in the township in 25 years.

Supervisor Charles Schalles said the budget is balanced.

The budget’s expected spending consists of $161,700 in operational expenses, $82,300 for highways, $64,800 for general expenses, $39,600 for public safety, $17,700 for municipal property, and $17,500 for tax collection.

At $95,000, garbage collection is the largest operational expenses.

In highways, $42,500 is set aside for road maintenance. General expenses includes legal, engineering and supervisors’ expenses. Public safety consists of firefighting, code enforcement, zoning, 911 and crossing guard costs.

The biggest expense in municipal property is $7,000 for electricity.

On the income side, earned income tax will bring in the most, $100,000, with $95,000 coming in from garbage collection. There will be $40,000 from the property tax millage.

The state highway aid budget is a wash. There is a $48,000 balance going into 2025. With $34,000 coming in, and $34,000 in street lighting expenses, there will be the same at the end of 2025.

The township is still looking for new auditors. The township’s three auditors — Joseph Bodnar, David Bodnar Jr. and Mary Beth Pelley — resigned effective Oct. 18.

An auditor is an elected position whose job is to watch over a municipality’s finances, including overseeing an annual audit. The auditors are also responsible to set the salaries of the supervisors.

Anyone interested in becoming an auditor can contact the supervisors.