Public review and adoption schedule
The proposal is available at the Municipal Building, 5581 Old Phila. Pike, Gap, Pennsylvania, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, according to the township's public notice published by LNP | LancasterOnline.
Supervisors are scheduled to meet at the same building at 7 p.m. on December 15 to adopt the final budget. The notice says the hearing will precede adoption but does not specify a separate hearing date. It provides no details about the proposed budget's contents.
Pennsylvania's Second Class Township Code requires townships to allow at least 20 days for public inspection before adopting a final budget, with adoption due by December 31. Supervisors must also place one advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation identifying where in the township the proposal can be reviewed.
Tax and infrastructure context
In a January 13, 2026, report, LNP | LancasterOnline identified Salisbury as Lancaster County's only township or borough without a municipal real estate tax.
Township Supervisor Gordon Hoover told the publication that existing sewer and water infrastructure was the reason Salisbury selected land just north of Route 30 for potential growth. Extending those services to other areas, he warned, could require the township to introduce a real estate tax.
Growth boundaries were also under discussion at the county level in January 2026. The Lancaster County Planning Commission voted unanimously to postpone action on expanding the county's growth-area boundaries for 60 days. Salisbury and Leacock townships had each sought to include about 700 acres of agriculturally zoned land; eight speakers at the meeting voiced concerns about adding farmland.
Population and history
The 2020 U.S. census counted 11,531 people in Salisbury Township. Established in 1729 from part of Pequea Township, it took its name from Salisbury, England.
Salisbury also developed as a center for commerce and industry in Lancaster County. Nickel mining began in 1718, followed soon afterward by limestone mining, which proved more profitable.
