12 October 2016
Moon Township Board of Supervisors and its boards · 43 subject tags
The Board of Supervisors held its second budget workshop for the 2017 operating fund on October 12, 2016. The Vice Chairman called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. with three members present and one member absent. No public comment was offered. The Finance Director presented the preliminary revenue and expense summary for the General Fund. She projected a 1% increase in real estate taxes, resulting in an overall 0.4% budget increase for that line. The 511 Enabling Taxes, which include earned income tax and mechanical devices tax, are expected to rise 11.5% in 2017, producing a 5.8% overall revenue increase from taxes. The Finance Director proposed increasing the Cable Franchise Fee, a percentage charged on cable bills. She noted overall revenue is projected to increase approximately 5.3%. A supervisor asked for clarification on several operating grants, including Police Dispatch Services, SRO Grant Reimbursement, and MASD SRO Reimbursement; the Finance Director provided brief explanations. The Finance Director then reviewed preliminary expenses for several departments. For Executive/Administration, she covered operating expense, insurance, bank consultants, appraisal costs, engineering, advertising, holiday/event fund, administrative expense, building maintenance, dues, staff development, salaries, insurance, and utilities. For Tax Collection, she reviewed operating expense, commissions on real estate, delinquent, admission, and earned income tax collections, real estate tax forms, Act 32 costs, contracted services for interim real estate tax, administrative expense, and utilities. For Police Protection, she covered operating expense, in-service training, gasoline, uniforms, administrative expense, salaries, insurance, and utilities. For the Fire Department, she reviewed operating expense, administrative expense, salaries, insurance, and utilities. She also reviewed the Debt Service budget. The meeting adjourned at 7:55 p.m.The Board of Supervisors held its second budget workshop for the 2017 operating fund on October 12, 2016. The Vice Chairman called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. with three members present and one member absent. No public comment was offered.
The Finance Director presented the preliminary revenue and expense summary for the General Fund. She projected a 1% increase in real estate taxes, resulting in an overall 0.4% budget increase for that line. The 511 Enabling Taxes, which include earned income tax and mechanical devices tax, are expected to rise 11.5% in 2017, producing a 5.8% overall revenue increase from taxes. The Finance Director proposed increasing the Cable Franchise Fee, a percentage charged on cable bills. She noted overall revenue is projected to increase approximately 5.3%. A supervisor asked for clarification on several operating grants, including Police Dispatch Services, SRO Grant Reimbursement, and MASD SRO Reimbursement; the Finance Director provided brief explanations.
The Finance Director then reviewed preliminary expenses for several departments. For Executive/Administration, she covered operating expense, insurance, bank consultants, appraisal costs, engineering, advertising, holiday/event fund, administrative expense, building maintenance, dues, staff development, salaries, insurance, and utilities. For Tax Collection, she reviewed operating expense, commissions on real estate, delinquent, admission, and earned income tax collections, real estate tax forms, Act 32 costs, contracted services for interim real estate tax, administrative expense, and utilities. For Police Protection, she covered operating expense, in-service training, gasoline, uniforms, administrative expense, salaries, insurance, and utilities. For the Fire Department, she reviewed operating expense, administrative expense, salaries, insurance, and utilities. She also reviewed the Debt Service budget.
The meeting adjourned at 7:55 p.m.
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