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Lansdale Borough Budget

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Lansdale 2012 $30M Budget Has No Tax Increase

Borough manager presented borough's investments to the town in a presentation Wednesday

Lansdale Borough is poised to pass a $30.5 million budget with no real estate tax increase for 2012 on Dec. 21. The proposed budget also includes a fund balance, as of Jan. 1, 2013, that is $321,600 greater than it was at Jan. 1, 2010. In the 2011 budget, a $472,000 surplus remained following $29.5 million in revenues and $29 million in service costs. That surplus was transferred to the reserve fund. Of that $472,000, $150,400 of it was set aside last year and it will now be used to balance out the revenue requirements for the proposed expenses in 2012, according to borough manager Timi Kirchner. That leaves $321,600 available for future budgets. The current real estate tax millage in Lansdale is 3.5 mills. Taxes were raised in the 2011 …

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Borough Set to Pass $35M Budget with No New Taxes

Councilman Dan Dunigan said borough is finally working with a map to improve services, reduce taxpayer issues in 2012 and beyond

Lansdale Borough Council is working toward passing a $35 million budget with no real estate tax increase and no increases in fees of any kind in the borough. Councilman and Administration and Finance Committee Chairman Dan Dunigan updated the public on the current and prospective budget situation. As of the end of October, the current budget is trending well. “We are meeting our projections for finalizing this fiscal year,” Dunigan said. For the 2012 budget, each committee and department is working on its respective budgets. Those budgets then get floated to the administration and finance committee, which compiles everything into a proposed budget to be approved by council before Dec. 31. Dunigan said council expects a greater fund balance…

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