by Jackie Nunnery
HEATHSVILLE—Just ahead of the June 30 deadline, Northumberland supervisors on Thursday, June 18, unanimously approved a $48.7 million budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year with a new real estate tax rate of $0.51 per $100 of assessed value.
The approved budget of $48,796,856 is the result of a reduction of $562,089 in expenditures from the previously proposed budget, and $1,476,640, or 3%, over the 2025-26 budget.
Projected revenues are up $2,198,169, or 8%, due to the real estate tax increase. The equalized tax rate—the rate that would generate the same revenue at the now higher property values—was $0.47 per $100 of….
