Nov. 13, 2026
— Jeff Ward, Lehigh Valley News Briefs
Northampton County Executive Tara Zrinski dropped a financial bomb in October, when she announced a $567 million 2027 budget with a 43.5% increase in county property taxes.
That would have boosted the millage ($1 per $1,000 of taxable property value) to 15.5 mills from 10.8 mills.
After kickback from residents and County Council, Zrinski has cut the proposed increase to 20.4%, or 2.2 mills. That would raise the levy to 13 mills.
Some members of County Council are looking to cut the increase to two mills. Council has been reviewing the budget and many amendments have been proposed.
As of 3:40 p.m. today, Zrinski’s budget message is not posted on the county website as a press release.
Here’s the first page, grabbed from the county’s Facebook page.
I will post a link to the entire post later.
