There is a large line item missing from Sadsbury Township’s 2011 budget, which supervisors unanimously adopted Dec. 7.
Supervisors last year included $1,980,000 for a building project in their $2,767,368 2010 budget, hoping to get grant funding and do the project without any cost to taxpayers. Funding has not yet come through, and with their eyes on the current economy, supervisors opted not to include the line item in their 2011 budget.
“The building committee is still meeting, and still applying for money, and still going forward with plans,” said Supervisor Linda Swift. “We want to be shovel ready. We did plan the budget without figuring on a building.”
The 2011 budget of $632,107 is therefore quite a bit lower than the $2,767,368 budget passed for 2010. There will also be no tax increase for 2011, with the mill rate remaining at .8.
On the revenue side, the township will begin the year with $152,412 in cash and anticipates: $408,975 from real estate, transfer and earned income taxes; $17,200 in licenses and permits; $5,500 in fines and forfeits; $510 in interest; $33,600 in intergovernmental revenues; $2,410 in hearing fees; $10,300 for public safety permits; and $1,200 in refunds for total revenues of $632,107.
As for expenses, the township will spend: $44,705 in employment taxes; $137,595 for general government; $50,845 for public safety; $5,250 for public works/sanitation; $262,176 for highways and streets; $7,250 as a donation to Moore’s Memorial Library in Christiana; $105,486 for employee benefits and withholding; $18,500 for insurance; and $300 in other expenses for a total of $632,107.
As for liquid fuels, the township will begin the year with $121,175 in cash and anticipates an additional $136,100 in revenue, for total revenue of $257,275. The township has budgeted that amount for maintenance, construction and rebuilding of roads as needed during 2011.
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