Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Montgomery County Board of Commissioners approve final, $417.4 million budget for 2012.
The Montgomery County Commissioners approved a 2012 operating budget Wednesday that will increase the county's average property tax bill by about $80 per year. The $417.4 million budget preserves 2011 funding levels for Montgomery County Community College, the Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library, and the Elmwood Park Zoo. Each of those institutions had been threatened with severe reductions in county funding in a preliminary budget posted last month. "There's a certain threshold we must maintain in order to provide the services our citizens expect," Commissioner Bruce Castor said. "I'm loathe to vote for a tax increase, but I simply don't see how we can continue to provide the services the county is expected to provide without one…
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Parks, library move off chopping block, but cuts still likely; 14.5 percent tax hike proposed.
A county budget compromise that includes both a tax hike and some funding cuts seemed increasingly likely Wednesday as the Montgomery County Commissioners continued to back away from a posted preliminary budget that would have gutted county government while eliminating funding for parks, the county library system and other programs. As drafted, the new approach would increase county property taxes to 3.085 mills, up 14.5 percent from the current rate of 2.695 mills. At that rate, the average Montgomery County property tax bill would increase by about $66 per year. The new tax revenue would be complemented by a 5.3 percent cut in general county expenditures and appropriations. Rather than being eliminated, the Parks and Heritage Services …
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Residents can expect no new taxes or fees next year./ Also resident brings up storm water management.
In a vote of 5 – 2, the Upper Moreland Board of commissioners passed the 2012 Budget at the Dec. 5 special meeting. The new budget does not increase real estate taxes or other fees for residents. The 2012 budget follows the 13.6-percent tax increase of the 2011 budget. Reading from the budget’s summery, president of the board Sam Valenza stated that the 2012 budget successfully funds all municipal services currently provided to township residents. He said that the new budget proposes township expenditures of $17,432,798, which, according to the budget summery report, is a decrease of $321,904; a 1.8-percent decrease compared to the 2011 budget. According to Valenza, the township’s expenditure reduction is primarily due to a reduction in …
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10:48 am on Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Bob Your assessment that Asher does not control PA GOP is correct the Bucks GOP controls PA Politics www.bucksgop.org They have Corbett-Cawley as PA Gov/Lt Gov, they had Rendell in their pockets, Gov Mark Schweiker and Tom Ridge Also. Yes Herb Barmess died in 2000. However he split the power giving the control PA GOP to Asher and Fawkes at the local Bucks County Level. Asher is a GOP power broker… more ›