... with a proposed increase in the fire tax
Comfortable. That’s how many of the Abington Township Commissioners felt about how the 2013 budget deficit will likely be covered. Last night, at a budget workshop, the consensus of the Abington Board of Commissioners was to move forward with the budget process and advertise a final budget hearing that will include a 0.05 millage increase in the fire tax and the use of $315,000 of fund balance to cover capital projects … and a $484,000 budget gap. There is about $5.1 million in the unallocated fund balance. The proposed tax increase would bump the fire tax from 0.589 mills to 0.639 mills — and would generate about $171,300, though the money could only be used for fire-related expenses. The millage increase means a homeowner with a home …
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School Board President McGarry: 'That’s not happening everywhere in the state'
The Abington School Board adopted its 2011-2012 school year budget and honored members of the community at Tuesday night’s meeting. The board passed a zero percent millage tax increase for residents. School board members attributed the ability to maintain the millage rates to the districtwide pay freeze. Two budgets were approved at the meeting, each dependent on how much funding the district would receive from the state. In the event that the district receives more funding from the state than it originally allotted for in its budget, the additional funding will go into the district’s fund balance—the only difference between the two budgets. The additional budget comes after a bill was recently introduced into the Senate that would give …
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Victor B. Krievins
4:45 pm on Thursday, June 30, 2011
It is certainly a relief for the forgotten tax payer to see no increase in School Taxes in Abington thanks to workers agreeing to a pay freeze. While attending the School Board Meeting last Tuesday night, Board member S. Shirley Weiss commented on the lack of a Handicapped ramp in the front of the School Administration Building. While there is access for a handicapped person in the rear of the … more ›