{"id":266437,"date":"2026-08-16T14:34:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T14:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/266437\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T14:34:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T14:34:19","slug":"budget-crisis-pennsylvania-township-faces-8-million-deficit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/266437\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Budget crisis’: Pennsylvania township faces $8 million deficit"},"content":{"rendered":"

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) \u2014 Manheim Township is facing an $8 million deficit in its 2026 budget, the township’s board of commissioners announced Friday night. <\/p>\n

According to the board, the township is expected to bring in $36 million in revenue, but incur $44 million in expenses in 2026. <\/p>\n

“Our municipality has a budget crisis,” the board said via Facebook<\/a>. “We want all residents to understand how we got here, and where we are going.”<\/p>\n

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A graph showing Manheim Township’s total projected revenue and expenditures from 2022 through 2026. (Courtesy of Manheim Township)<\/p>\n

The township has continued to grow and add services over the last 25 years, but it hasn’t had to increase the tax millage rate because it was sitting on a nest of money, according to the board.<\/p>\n

That nest has been used to cover previous budget deficits, but the 2026 deficit is expected to drain the last of the township’s excess money. <\/p>\n

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A graph showing Manheim Township’s annual surplus trend from 2022 to 2025. (Courtesy of Manheim Township)<\/p>\n

The township’s Fiscal Sustainability Advisory Committee<\/a> is reviewing possible options to correct the deficit for next year, the board said. <\/p>\n

Commissioners said the future budget will include “some combination of” budget cuts, borrowing funds to cover cash shortfalls, and increasing millage rates. <\/p>\n

Manheim Township’s 2026 budget can be viewed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) \u2014 Manheim Township is facing an $8 million deficit in its 2026 budget, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-266437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}