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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Innovation Celebration Proposed Economic Answers

More than 60 district employees, residents and students exhibited proposals to increase revenue and decrease costs in the 2012 budget.

When you give North Penn School District residents a chance to help the marred school district budget, you should expect them to jump at the chance. Even if those residents aren’t taxpayers. High school student Nick Haddad had a proposal where the district could save $112,000 a year on printer ink, all by switching to a different font. Another student, Torrey Wente, discovered the district could save $4,400 a year in energy costs by using LED lights in the auditorium. A consortium of school leaders—North Penn High School principal Burt Hynes, Allyn Roche, North Penn High School vice principal Neil Broxterman, John Strobel, district finance director Bob Schoch, athletic director Don Ryan and Bill Bartle—proposed a plan to charge user fees …

Rick

2:16 pm on Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Hi, please contact me. I am the owner of Ecofont and we moved further. Ecofont software is printing software and shoots holes in EVERY font, so you do not have to change fonts. We have special educational pricing as I support the great initiative here, I will make sur ebudget is no problem for you. rick@ecofont.com   more ›

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Montgomery Township Budget for First Quarter Meeting Expectations

Township expenses are below budget, and business taxes are above where they were this time last year.

The Montgomery Township budget for the first quarter of 2011 is on the right track, following a report Monday night by finance director Shannon Drosnock. Township expenses are reporting below budget, and business privilege and mercantile taxes are above those of the first quarter of 2010. Drosnock said the largest months for revenue were March and April, in which the township received 40 percent of its general fund revenues. “March 15 is our business tax deadline, April 15 is the final local taxes, earned income taxes, done by Berkheimer, and on April 30, it’s the end of the discount period for any of the real estate taxes,” Drosnock said. “That’s what contributes to March and April being 40 percent of the general fund revenues.” Revenues …

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