After the 1965 elections there was little money in the municipal treasury. Furthermore, the budget of the town did not exceed LL7,000.00 ($2,333.00). Taxes were not assessed properly and rarely collected. The leaders of the families thought that they were exempt from paying taxes. The town council assessed the taxes properly and required payments. The first family to pay was the family of the President of the Council.

Some family leaders remained adamant and unwilling to pay their taxes. The President of the Council, in accordance with the law, put a lien order on the property of the recalcitrant citizens. After some tractation, which included the threat of violence, the President was adamant that the leaders of the families should be the first payers of the taxes, and referred any act of violence to the police force. The leaders paid their taxes and the people followed suit. The budget was raised from LL7,000.00 ($2,333.00) to LL 80,000.00 ($26,666.00). The 1952 Municipal Council, under the chairmanship of Dr. Tanios Abi Younis, had made a complete plan of a sewer system for the town, and executed the main branch which ran the length of the village. There was no filtration plant, and very few houses were connected to the main. In view of the general pollution in the village resulting from poorly constructed septic tanks, the council decided to freeze all expenditures pending the completion of the sewer system. This was done with a filtration plant by 1967. The next concern of the council was the chaos in construction. It was decided to freeze all building permits pending the drawing up of a zoning plan which was done and is still in force.