Cranberry Township could see a $1.3 million surplus from its proposed 2024 operating budget, with no tax increase for residents.

“No tax increases proposed, no fee increases proposed,” township manager Dan Santoro said.

The proposed 2024 operating budget expects a total revenue of $60,205,348, outpacing the total expenditures of $58,853,476.

“It was pretty consistent with last year,” Santoro said. “I think revenue and expenses are up about 3%, which is not surprising given where we’re at with the cost of goods and services.”

Public Safety remained a chief expense, totaling $7,809,942.

“We’re looking for implementation of our recently signed agreements with Cranberry Township EMS, to continue to focus on fire response and our volunteer fire company and continuing to provide adequate police and public safety services,” Santoro said.

Public Works expenditures followed close behind, totaling $6,794,113.

And with capital improvement expenditures at $10,922,993, Santoro said the township has “a bunch” of projects planned.

“The municipal center and the Great Lawn are two big projects,” he said. “I think we’re advancing design on the Community Park North improvements, so we’re moving forward on the final design with that.”

The township allotted $3,125,000 for parks projects, including the Great Lawn project — an initiative to restore the municipal center’s front parking lot as a green space — and improvements to Community Park North.

Just over $1.7 million were dedicated to capital improvements for buildings and grounds in the township, including the ongoing renovation of the municipal center.

“And we’re going to complete the Progress Avenue and Route 19 Signal project,” he said.

The 2024 budget requested over $4.9 million in capital improvement funds for general service, including the efforts to implement signal improvements at the intersection of Progress Avenue and Route 19.

An additional $1,110,191 was dedicated to stormwater capital improvement projects throughout the township.

“The Glen Eden Watershed MS4 Stormwater project, and there’s the Pinehurst Drive culvert,” Santoro said.

The Glen Eden stream restoration project — part of the township’s MS4 requirements — was recently awarded, according to Santoro, with work expected to begin in the spring.

A bid for the culvert project on Pinehurst Drive is expected to be awarded at the township’s Dec. 7 meeting — when supervisors are also expected to vote on the 2024 budget.

“Certainly we’ve tried to be fiscally conservative in terms of our spending,” Santoro said. “There are certain revenue sources that we have to pay attention to that are down — for example, real estate transfers are down because of the slowdown in the housing market — but overall, the revenue was up about 3% and so were the expenditures.”