CRANBERRY TWP — Cranberry supervisors on Thursday approved a budget for 2022 that features a small surplus and will not increase taxes.

The $22.2 million preliminary budget, which passed the township board of supervisors unanimously, includes a projected surplus of approximately $200,000 and keeps the total tax rate at 13.25 mills.

Township manager Dan Santoro said a large portion of the surplus comes as Cranberry calculates its tax collections will return to pre-pandemic levels. Act 511 taxes, which include local income tax, are expected to return to 2019 levels, he added. Additionally, the township will now collect roughly $200,000 from the Westinghouse Electric Co. properties as the 15-year property tax abatement will end at the end of 2021.

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