16 October 2019
Moon Township Board of Supervisors and its boards · 35 subject tags
The Board of Supervisors held a budget workshop on October 16, 2019, with the chairman presiding. Two supervisors were present and two supervisors were absent. The board unanimously approved a proposal from N.J. Hess Associates LLC to conduct a compensation and benefits study for the township, funded by approximately $17,000 in leftover grant money from a 2008 Mooncrest rehabilitation project that had been sitting in the General Fund after the state finally accepted the township’s 2013 audit. The finance director then presented the 2020 proposed General Fund budget, which totals $14,668,256, with an additional $51,000 to be added—$50,000 earmarked for information technology software and hardware and $1,000 for the Military Banner Committee. The budget includes numerous reclassifications to streamline departments, including moving building security, IT, telephone, and legal services into new consolidated categories. Department totals include: General Government $256,373 (-1.9%), Administration $820,802 (-4.5%), Tax Collection $189,242 (+1.1%), Legal Services $163,000 (+2.5%), Information Technology $163,000 (+9.1%), Engineering $75,000 (unchanged), Facilities $97,450 (-11.0%), Police $6,092,021 (-0.5%), Fire $219,000 (-5.5%), Community Development $561,402 (-3.2%), Public Works $2,539,545 (-4.7%), Community Engagement $112,375 (+7.9%), Parks Programming $674,044 (+8.1%), Parks Operations $828,720 (+5.7%), Library $184,200 (-0.1%), MCA-TV $358,216 (+8.8%), Insurance $418,806 (+1.0%), and Debt Service $826,759. The board discussed a request from the Parks and Recreation Director to add a full-time Assistant Parks and Recreation Director position with a $40,000 salary. The township manager noted that Merry Maids cleaning company quit and a part-time worker now cleans township buildings. A supervisor suggested selling the corner of the Downs Fire Station property to a business like GetGo. The board also agreed to sponsor a table at the Chamber’s Jingle Fest for $555 and discussed the Pittsburgh Airport Innovation Campus announcement. The next budget meeting is scheduled for October 23, 2019, with department heads.The Board of Supervisors held a budget workshop on October 16, 2019, with the chairman presiding. Two supervisors were present and two supervisors were absent. The board unanimously approved a proposal from N.J. Hess Associates LLC to conduct a compensation and benefits study for the township, funded by approximately $17,000 in leftover grant money from a 2008 Mooncrest rehabilitation project that had been sitting in the General Fund after the state finally accepted the township’s 2013 audit.
The finance director then presented the 2020 proposed General Fund budget, which totals $14,668,256, with an additional $51,000 to be added—$50,000 earmarked for information technology software and hardware and $1,000 for the Military Banner Committee. The budget includes numerous reclassifications to streamline departments, including moving building security, IT, telephone, and legal services into new consolidated categories. Department totals include: General Government $256,373 (-1.9%), Administration $820,802 (-4.5%), Tax Collection $189,242 (+1.1%), Legal Services $163,000 (+2.5%), Information Technology $163,000 (+9.1%), Engineering $75,000 (unchanged), Facilities $97,450 (-11.0%), Police $6,092,021 (-0.5%), Fire $219,000 (-5.5%), Community Development $561,402 (-3.2%), Public Works $2,539,545 (-4.7%), Community Engagement $112,375 (+7.9%), Parks Programming $674,044 (+8.1%), Parks Operations $828,720 (+5.7%), Library $184,200 (-0.1%), MCA-TV $358,216 (+8.8%), Insurance $418,806 (+1.0%), and Debt Service $826,759.
The board discussed a request from the Parks and Recreation Director to add a full-time Assistant Parks and Recreation Director position with a $40,000 salary. The township manager noted that Merry Maids cleaning company quit and a part-time worker now cleans township buildings. A supervisor suggested selling the corner of the Downs Fire Station property to a business like GetGo. The board also agreed to sponsor a table at the Chamber’s Jingle Fest for $555 and discussed the Pittsburgh Airport Innovation Campus announcement. The next budget meeting is scheduled for October 23, 2019, with department heads.
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