a SS The Dallas Post Li Dallas, PA Wednesdsy December 12, 1990 hl No tax increases i in 1 991 Back Moun tain municipal budge ts Area municipalities have held line on taxes for next year as offi- cials approve municipal budgets 3 for 1991. Officials have spent a lot of time +. preparing for the new fiscal year and they are making final adjust- ments on the new budgets. An outline on the budgets is as fol- lows: DALLAS BOROUGH Dallas Borough budget for 1991 is currently on display in the bor- ough office and will be adopted by members of the Council at the December 18 meeting. The budget sets spending at $436,310, an increase of $16,388 over lastyear's budget but the millage of 14 mills remains the same as last year. , Revenue items remain approxi- __ mately the sameas the 1990 budget R with only slight increases in real " estate taxes, building permits and perhaps some motor tax income and miscellaneous items. Road wages will be down slightly due to the fact that there are only two fulltime road employees in- ‘stead of three and the expendi- tures for the road pensions will ~ decrease some since the state will not contribute more to the pension ~ fund. The savings on these items, however, will be used to under- write some of the cost of the neces- ‘sary road work. Police wages will be higher than 1990 due to the new contract - negotiated during the past year but the police costs are still below - thestaterecommendation thatone third of the budget be, spent for police protection. DALLAS TOWNSHIP. Dallas Township hasannounced a tentative budget for1991 of - $1,079,234 which is on display in = the township office. The 1991 @ budce! shows ' an increase of 911 $53,000 over the 1990 budget but the supervisors did not increase the tax rate of six mills. Revenues for 1991 show an 1991 Tentative Municipal Budgets nu EXPENDITURES REVENUES MUNICIPALITY 1990 1991 1990 1991 Dallas Borough $419,922 $436,310 $419,922 $436,310 Dallas Twp. 929,000 1,079,000 1,026,000 1,079,234 Harveys Lake 516,956 543,057 489,920 544,100 Jackson Twp. 430,869 ~~ 508,080 ,430,869 508,080 Kingston Twp. 904,136 1,074,603 904,136 1,074,603 Lehman Twp. 450,200 424,412 450,200 424,412 anticipated tax income of Despite an anticipated deficit the township. $642,000, interest $12,000, state this year, the proposed budget The largest part of the budget, appropriation from the highway fund, $100,000 and other miscel- laneous income $227,000. Expenditures expected are app oximalely $366,300 for pub- lic safety, health welfare and san- tiation $5,000, highways, roads and highway aid $329,000, equip- ment and land, culture and rec- reation, and miscellaneous ex- penses $196,000. Thereis little change in the 1991 budget in the items over the same items in the 1990 budget. The supervisors anticipate adopting the budget at the Dec. 18 meeting at 7 p.m. All township citizens are invited to attend. HARVEYS LAKE The proposed 1991 budget for Harveys Lake calls for the borough to end the year with more than a $1,000 surplus in funds. The budget, which is scheduled to be accepted at the borough council meeting on Dec. 18, calls for an increase of both revenues and expenditures over last year. The proposed budget shows revenues next year at $544,000, an increase of approximately $54,000. Expenditures increased $26,000 over this year and will be an estimated $543,000. (continued from page 1) signs and many homes donot have numbers. Residents should put reflective numbers on their houses or on something near their drive- + “way or the roadway. We need spe- cific addresses on mailboxes or driveways. In some areas, the " mailboxes are in clusters and there “feeds to be some ‘way to’ Jdentify” 1 Li \ FLARE "each mailbox.” Hpire chief Sev Ni ABEL 7 of Lake Silkworth “said ' his tn sometimes gets into Fairmount Township, and told the people from thatarea to call Lake Silkworth if it is part of the area near them. Dispatcher Marc Bregman said if a call is received at the Comm Center and they can’t get anyone they have to send the next service unit or any unit that can be con- . * tacted. “The caller should give the name . ofthetown the person lives in when . calling in an emergency, not the * mailing address because the mail : addresses overlap,” Bregman ex- + plained. Jack Dodson, president of the Back Mountain Firemen'’s Associa- tion said the association would do anything it can to help Fairmount Township or any of the areas who do not have complete service per- sonnel. He also said the associa- tion is going to send out stickers Jat hefire. amb anck an and police” As F fummb: bers ga thet ly AB ilk i AEA EVEEY Frank Wagner, Dallas Tdwnhip supervisor emphasized that i glar alarms should not be tied into the 911 number. “There is no way we can do any- thing but clip the wires and the phone company will not take kindly to that,” Wagner explained. “We are not professionals,” said Sabol. “We are trying to do our best to help the people.” Sabol also said that officials will go into the schools to train stu- dents in the proper use of the system. Alist of restrictions will be given to them to minimize non- emergency calls. | Parrish deployed to Mideast Sgt. Theodore G. Parrish has - deployed to the Middle East with American military forces partici- - pating in Operation Desert Shield. Operation Desert Shield is the largest deployment of U.S. military ® forces since Vietnam. The opera- tion is in response to Iraq's inva- . sion of Kuwait and threat to Saudi . Arabia. “It is the presence of dedicated : military people like Parrish that Adopt-a-pet Sam is a brown and black terrier . that was found straying around . the streets apparently without an owner. A lovable dog, Sam is a . male about two or three years of - age and has had his distemper . shots. He is hoping someone will . come in and take him home with - them for he loves attention and is well-behaved. ' Call the SPCA at 825-4111 or stop in at the SPCA on Main . Street, Fox Hill, Wilkes-Barre and see Sam. You'll love him. brings America’s principles to life and gives them strength and meaning,” President George Bush said. He is the son of Elsie W. Parrish of 85 Lake Road, Noxen. The soldier is an air defense gunnery crewmember at Fort Bragg, N.C. Parrish is a 1984 graduate of West Side Technical High School, Pringle. Poinsettias Poinsettia trees Cyclamens Rieger begonias Kalanchoes Christmas cactus Pine roping Holly Swags (41 4 shows the borough ending 1991 with a surplus of funds so tax rates will stay the same for residents. JACKSON TOWNSHIP Like many municipalities, Jackson Township is expecting to spend the majority of its budget on police protection and on township roads. The proposed budget for Jackson Township will not raise the tax rates for residents but will spend more than halfits budget on police and roads. The proposed budget, which was approved on first reading earlier this month, totals more than $508,000. The township's board of supervisors is expected to accept the budget on second reading at a special hearing Dec. 26, at 7:00 p.m. at theJackson Township Fire Hall on Chase Road. KINGSTON TOWNSHIP The Kingston Township super- visors are expected to approve the township's 1991 budget at a pub- lic hearing tonight (Wednesday). The $1.07 million budget shows anincrease of more than $107,000 in both revenues and expenditures over lastyear. Despite theincrease tax rates will all stay the same in Suspect 23 percent, deals with the police ‘department. More than $252,000 was appropriated for the police force, with a large majority of the money going to salaries of the of- fices. Other large appropriations deal with the highway department and insurance for employees. Also, a new line item for a regional recy- cling program was added to this year's budget. The proposed budget was ap- proved on first reading by a unani- mous vote of the supervisors last month. Tonight's public hearing is scheduled to start at 8:00 p.m. LAKE TOWNSHIP Lake Township residents will not be paying any more in taxes in 1991 than they did last year, ac- cording to the township's new budget. Despite the fact that the town- ship is starting the new year with $40,000 less in anticipated reve- nues than last year, the real estate tax remains at nine mills in the township. To offset the loss in revenues the township supervisors have voted to cut services, supplies and the purchasing of equipment for (continued from page 1) Delevas expanded as citizens said they spotted the youth in other municipalities in the area. At around noon, one of the calls about the youth turned out to be an important one as he was seen near College Misericordia. Officers from Dallas Borough, Dallas Town- "ship’and Ly Townshi 2 ‘converged on the area and ‘minutes later’ Délévas ‘was Token ‘into custody. arraigned on a charge of theft by unlawful taking. A background check showed that Delevas was on parole so he was placed in the Luzerne County Jail in lieu of $5,000 for the charge and parole violations. Bockus praised the cooperation ..¢ between all the departments who 3 helped on the case and he thanked . officers Jack Fowler, Walter Davis and Truman Brandt, who were the Bockus said that the youthwas three that captured the youth. : I “A Ko i vl 3 Ip) 1p) QO 9) U a A 44 uw cle Miller 2) N UJ M BER urs Exclusively 0 0 Dresses = Scarves (D) S H OP Men's Ties — 9W. Northampton St. Mon.-Sat. 10-5 BA) Wilkes-Barre, Pa 1870] Thurs. 10-8 °F Phone (717) 825-2024 Sun. 12-5 om h s finest— the areas rinest™y Hillside Farms Greenhouse the florist with the freshest flowers. . . we grow our own! From our greenhouses - Belden pot hanging poinsettias Novelty poinsettias From our flower shop - » Green and Blue spruce wreaths Boxwood wreaths Ground pine wreaths Logs with pine boughs and trim Fresh cut flower arrangements made. to your own personal liking! Hours: Mon. - Sat. 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 61 Hillside Rd., Shavertown 696-1117 the new year. This includes no wage or salary increases, and po- lice protection and the road de- partment hours have both been cut back. The purchase of a new police cruiser hasbeen put on hold and road maintenance supplies have been decreased for the year. The new budget totals $193,900, which is down approximately $22,000 from last year. The larg- est portion of the budget goes for highways as 33 percent of the funding has been appropriated to this area. Approximately 30 per- cent of the funding will go to insur- ance and employee benefits, while 23 percent has been set aside for public safety and 13 percent will go to general government admini- *Based on proposed 1991 ¢ Stration. budgets and 1990 preliminary Z census count. LEHMAN TOWNSHIP The Lehman Township munici- pal budget has decreased more than $25,000 from last year, but tax rates will stay the same in 1991. The township supervisors ap- proved the new budget on its sec- ond reading Monday. night. 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