Cranberry Township supervisors approved the 2025 budget Thursday, Dec. 11, with no tax increases.

The millage rate of 13.25 mills remained the same heading into the new year.

That is broken down into 8.03 mills for general purposes, 2.37 mills for fire, 1 mill for public buildings, .85 mill for road equipment and 1 mill for library. For property owners, 1 mill is equivalent to $1 per $1,000 of a home’s assessed value.

In addition to the budget being passed, supervisors also approved an update to the fee schedule, which includes room rentals, water rates, shipping fees, technology fees, and vehicle crash report fees. Those will go into effect in January.

The most notable of those include water rates throughout the township.

A planned rate increase from West View Water Authority, which supplies 100% of the township’s water, will expand the water operations fund by 5.2% and cause a 4.1% increase in water purchase costs. That will cost the average customer an extra $3.90 per month.

The township’s expenses matched the overall revenue, which totaled up to $66,977,692, marking a 4% increase from the 2024 budget when adjusted for capital expenditure increases in the sewer and golf funds and a new solid waste contract that was recently signed.

A vast majority of those expenses are managed by the general fund, which amounts to $28,238,345, and five enterprise funds that total out to $37,739,347. The enterprise funds consist of water, sewer, solid waste, waterpark and golf.

More than half the budget is devoted to four main areas, according to township manager Dan Santoro.

“Our big four in expenditures across all operating budgets are sewer, water, police and public works,” he said. “They account for 62% or $41 million of our overall budget. Those are the big ones. That’s where the priorities have been in terms of spending.”

The police department accounted for $7,308,388, a relatively minor increase from the $7,143,017 that was adopted in the 2024 budget. Meanwhile, the public works funding totaled $7,144,352,

When preparing the budget, township officials established five key priorities: prosperous future, efficient and effective government, quality lifestyle, infrastructure integrity and safe and healthy community.

That vision is what helped officials craft a “fiscally responsible” budget, according to Santoro, who took time out to praise the township’s staff for their efforts shortly after the vote was finalized.