NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Pocono Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, will consider for adoption at a Public Hearing to be held at 7:00 p.m. on the 20th day of December 2021, at the Pocono Township Municipal Building, 112 Township Drive, Tannersville, an Ordinance adopting a budget and appropriating funds estimated to be required for the purposes of the government of the Township of Pocono and fixing the real estate millage rate for the 2022 Fiscal Year.
Copies of the proposed text of the Ordinance summarized below may be examined by any citizen of the Township of Pocono at the Pocono Township Municipal Building during normal business hours. The following is a summary of the Ordinance in reasonable detail:
ORDINANCE 2021-07
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF POCONO, COUNTY OF MONROE, PENNSYLVANIA, ADOPTING A BUDGET AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS ESTIMATED TO BE REQUIRED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE TOWNSHIP OF POCONO, AND FIXING THE REAL ESTATE MILLAGE RATE FOR THE 2022 FISCAL YEAR
WHEREAS, Article XVII, Section 1701, et seq., of the First-Class Township Code, 53 P.S. 56701 et seq., requires, inter alia, that the Pocono Township Board of Commissioners prepare and adopt a budget which shall reflect as nearly as possible the estimated revenues and expenditures of the Township for the year for which the budget is prepared; and
WHEREAS, the total appropriation shall not exceed revenues available for the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, the tax levied by the Pocono Township Board of Commissioners shall be fixed at such figure within the limit allowed by law as with all other sources of revenue shall meet and cover such appropriations.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Pocono, County of Monroe, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as follows:
Section I:
That for the expenses of the Township of Pocono for the Fiscal Year 2022 the following amounts are hereby approved and appropriated from the receipts estimated to be available for said fiscal year for the specific purposes set forth below, which amounts are more fully itemized in the budget form on file in the Office of the Township Manager, as follows:
GENERAL FUND
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Taxes $ 6,782,819
Licenses and Permits 200,100
Fines & Forfeits 65,000
Interest, Rentals and Royalties 15,000
Intergovernmental Revenues 366,560
Charges for Services 373,950
Special Assessments 0
Other Financing Sources 179,000
Opening Balance $ 3,652,952
TOTAL FUNDS AVAILABLE $11,635,381
ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES
General Government $ 1,033,861
Public Safety 3,834,029
Public Works 1,551,457
Cultural-Recreation 172,836
Debt Service 0
Employer Paid Benefits 215,825
Insurance 134,120
Transfer to Capital Reserve 1,931,746
TIF & Other Expenses $ 140,100
TOTAL EXPENDITURES $ 9,013,976
PROJECTED FUND BALANCE $ 2,621,405
CAPITAL RESERVE FUND
Estimated Revenues $ 4,423,336*
Opening Balance 0
Total Funds Available $ 4,423,336
Estimated Expenditures 4,423,336
PROJECTED FUND BALANCE $ 0
*Source is general fund transfer and grant revenue
STATE LIQUID FUELS TAX FUND
Opening Balance $ 511
Estimated Receipts 431,908
Total Fund Balance 432,419
Estimated Expenditures 431,908
PROJECTED FUND BALANCE $ 511
SEWER OPERATING FUND
Opening Balance $ 3,718,176
Estimated Revenue 5,068,915
Total Fund Balance 8,787,091
Estimated Expenditures 4,806,535
PROJECTED FUND BALANCE $ 3,980,556
SEWER CONSTRUCTION FUND
Opening Balance $1,457,887
Estimated Revenue 817,000*
Total Fund Balance 2,274,887
Estimated Expenditures 1,217,00
PROJECTED FUND BALANCE $1,057,887
*Transfer from operations and interest
SPECIAL FUND – FIRE TAX FUND
Opening Balance $ 193
Estimated Revenue 246,842
Total Fund Balance 247,035
Estimated Expenditures 246,842
Section II:
That real estate taxes are hereby levied for the 2022 Township of Pocono fiscal year at a rate of 2.429 mills per dollar of assessed valuation, and a fire tax at 0.201 special purpose mills.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF POCONO TOWNSHIP