Public Notice: 12/04/2024 [a0bddb0898a890fb102b9792df29708e]

PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING 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 8 30 a m on 12 30 2024 at the Pocono Township Municipal Building 112 Township Drive Tannersville PA 18372 special Board of Commissioners Meeting for 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 2025 Fiscal Year Copies of the Budget along with 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 112 Township Drive Tannersville PA during normal business hours The following is a summary of the Ordinance in reasonable detail ORDINANCE 2024 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 2024 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 2025 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 Licenses and Permits Fines Forfeits Interest Rentals and Royalties Intergovernmental Revenues Charges for Services Special Assessments Other Operating Revenue Other Financing Sources Opening Balance TOTAL FUNDS AVAILABLE 7 746 009 150 100 65 000 102 500 737 639 766 194 0 7 000 177 000 7 328 746 16 928 374 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES General Government Public Safety Public Works Cultural Recreation Debt Service Employer Paid Benefits Insurance Transfer to Capital Reserve TIF Other Expenses TOTAL EXPENDITURES PROJECTED FUND BALANCE 1 412 946 4 529 462 1 884 420 359 901 835 000 305 250 180 850 443 358 217 000 10 168 187 6 760 187 CAPITAL RESERVE FUND Estimated Revenues Opening Balance Total Funds Available Estimated Expenditures PROJECTED FUND BALANCE 4 789 250 426 086 5 215 337 5 215 337 0 Source is general fund transfer and grant revenue STATE LIQUID FUELS TAX FUND Opening Balance Estimated Receipts Total Fund Balance Estimated Expenditures PROJECTED FUND BALANCE 17 559 440 138 457 698 440 138 17 559 SEWER OPERATING FUND Opening Balance Estimated Revenue Total Fund Balance Estimated Expenditures PROJECTED FUND BALANCE 4 082 702 4 084 940 8 167 642 3 995 074 4 172 568 SEWER CONSTRUCTION FUND Opening Balance Estimated Revenue Total Fund Balance Estimated Expenditures PROJECTED FUND BALANCE Transfer from operations and interest 2 700 061 923 000 2 923 000 2 923 000 700 061 SPECIAL FUND FIRE TAX FUND Opening Balance Estimated Revenue Total Fund Balance Estimated Expenditures 200 388 475 388 475 388 475 Section II ATTEST BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF POCONO TOWNSHIP KRISANN MACDOUGALL Asst Secretary RICHARD WIELEBINSKI President Board of Commissioners PH 40724492 Real estate taxes will remain at 3 429 mills per dollar of assessed valuation for the 2025 Township of Pocono fiscal year and special purpose fire tax mills will increase to 0 301