Did you know that the municipality is over taxing us? Want proof? Here is the agenda for Tuesday's commission discussion session.
Open Discussion Session (Room C)
6:20 P.M.
1. Unassigned fund balance:
a. Tentative list of designations
b. Date for capital investment discussion hearing – July 22, 2013
Get in line, SAB. You will be up against the deer cullers, the Outreach people, and the people like me who just want the commissioners to stop overtaxing us, and give us our money back.
Open Discussion Session (Room C)
6:20 P.M.
1. Unassigned fund balance:
a. Tentative list of designations
b. Date for capital investment discussion hearing – July 22, 2013
Last year, we had spent $1.3 million in unassigned funds. This year, we have available for more indiscriminate spending by the commissioners, approximately $840,000. That represents 2.39% of extra money in its cash reserves, after the normal 10% held in reserves.The vultures are circling.
What do the commissioners want to do with that money? See my post, Mt. Lebanon weighs surplus spending
In the Trib article, nothing was mentioned about what our president, Matt Kluck wants. He has been advocating all along to give the money back to the people.
Funny, I don't see anything for Outreach, or any other drug programs.
In fact, at the February budget retreat, Kelly Fraasch was the only commissioner concerned about a drug task force. Remember how I was the only one covering that retreat? That was when the PIO was writing about Noah's Ark on Facebook. Here are the commissioners' priorities from that February budget retreat.
Hey, Commissioners? How about a reduction in our taxes? Do you have that much money that you need the school district's help to spend our money? We all know that the Sports Advisory Board (SAB) will want turf SOMEWHERE in Mt. Lebanon. As The Trib reported in my July 1 post:
School board President Elaine Cappucci said the district has no plans to put turf on any fields. “So that would be a new expense. Nobody from the commission has approached us about the proposal. … I can't tell you what the board would feel about it.”My guess is that the SAB, a.k.a., Turf Board will come back to turfing Middle and Wildcat Fields again. The date for the hearing is July 22, 2013.
Get in line, SAB. You will be up against the deer cullers, the Outreach people, and the people like me who just want the commissioners to stop overtaxing us, and give us our money back.