8 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, May 25, 1994 10-mill tax hike in Lehman budge By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff ~The Lake-Lehman school board passed a $15,499,491 tentative budget with a 10-mill increase for Luzerne County residents and a seven-mill increase for Wyoming County residents at a special meeting May 19. Allen Moss, Edwin Kern and Patricia Gold voted against the measure. - The present millage rates are 185 for Luzerne County and 85 for Wyoming County. - Based on the average school property tax bill of $925, Luzerne County residents will pay $50 more next year, while Wyoming County residents will see a $70 increase over their average $850 school tax bills. “This budget is not final,” Gold said. “It can still be worked; how- ever I cannot support a double- digit millage increase.” She added that the board had only one meeting on the budget and no budget meetings with building principals. Board mem- bers had to read “reams of mate- rial” on the budget, she said. “This budget was pushed through,” she said. “Other dis- tricts start working on their budg- ets in January. I believe that the board has abdicated to the super- intendent and financial manager to do this.” “I had no opportunity to scruti- nize it,” Moss said. “It was pre- sented in a short period of time. Even if I had the time, I wouldn't have been able to study all of the information.” Dr. John Presper said that he voted for the tentative budget because “you have to have some- thing to work with.” “I would not be able to support this budget in 30 days,” he said. “We should study alternative methods of funding, such as an amusement tax and a commuter tax, so that we can spread the misery among the greatest num- ber of people.” Presper added that the district was also considering contracting out its cafeteria and custodial services. The board has until June 30 to adopt a final budget. Until it does, the tentative budget is available for public review and comment. Shrinking federal aid, taxes hit budget By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff Decreases in federal funding and earned income tax collections have forced the Lake-Lehman school district to tighten its belt one more notch, although the district will end the present school year spending $112,717 under budget. “As of April 30, our earned income tax is down 5.9 percent,” distirct financial manager Ray Bowersox said. “Based on our estimates from 1992-93, we had anticipated $925,000 in the earned income tax and will come in with about $863,000. We're down about $62,000 or two mills.” . Blaming the recession for a decrease in incomes, Bowersox said that he expects the region to be one of the last to recover from it. Applied against wages and interest income, the earned in- come tax isn't levied against un- employment compensation, pen- sions or disability payments, he said. The 1990 census, used to compute federal and state subsi- dies to school districts, shows a 50 percent decrease in low-in- come families living in the dis- trict, Bowersox said. The decrease in low-income families has resulted in less fed- eral and state money for the dis- trict. “Possibly some people didn't return their census forms,” Bow- ersox said. “They may have felt that their income wasn't any of the government's business, but their not responding hurts the school district through funding cutbacks. It’s a vicious cycle.” Bowersox said that the teach- ers’ salaries are up 3.6 percent, or about $219,979 - about seven mills. The district's contributions for Social Security, retirement and ST 1 lel | MEV CR workmen's compensation have also gone up, he said. Federal funding is down $36,797, or 8.9 percent from last year, according to the tentative budget. Cutbacks include $94,133, or 17 percent, in support services instructional staff and $31,045, or 2.4 percent, in special pro- grams. A five-year capital note for $150,000 will be used for neces- sary repairs — repaving driveways and parking areas, replacing oil tanks and installing leak detec- tion devices on them, Bowersox said. The district will pay off 20 per- cent of the note and interest on the unpaid balance each year. “Lastyearwe camein $112,717 under our projected budget of $14,915,760," Bowersox said. “This year’s budget will maintain our present programs without adding anything new. Lake-Lehman School District — 1987 to 1995 t Nuke dump (continued from page 1) 0 5 20 Miles Representative size of 500 40 acres [| Explanation: The shaded areas represent areas identified as disqualified at the completion of Stage Three of the disqualification process. National Register of Historic Places or owned by the Pennsylvania Historical Museum Commission. e Any area which could be inundated by a nearby dam. “We're still tracking the agri- - cultural security areas, which are + coming in at about 2,000 acres a month,” said Michael Murphy of DER’s Bureau of Radiation Pro- tection. Low-level radioactive waste includes medical diagnostic tools, such as X-rays, items used in radiation treatments and radio- active implants, as well as tools, filters, clothing and waste sludge from nuclear power plants. They can be radioactive for up to 500 ' years. The low-level nuclear waste = disposal facility in Barnwell, SC, is slated to close June 30, making it necessary to build a replace- ment. DER will review the remaining eligible portion of the state and identify between 50 and 100 po- tentially suitable areas for the disposal facility and release them by late 1994. From these areas, three poten- tially suitable sites will be sub- mitted to the Environmental Quality Board in the spring of 1995. Public hearing on disqualified areas June 7 at the Woodlands Inn DER will hold a public hearing on the areas disqualified to date June 7 at The Woodlands Inn on Rte. 415 in Wilkes-Barre between 1 and 10 p.m., with formal pres- entationsat2 and 7: 30p.m., when detailed maps will be available for public inspection. “People .will be able to locate their homes and properties on these maps to find out if they live in a disqualified area,” Murphy said. School Total Dollar % Millage Dollars Year Budget Increase Increase Millage Increase Per Mill 1987-88 $9,071,291 939,093 115 128 5 24,132 1988-89 $9,782,827 711,536 78 128 5 25,465 1989-90 $10,882,474 1,099,647 11.2 101 <133 5 26,898 1990-91 $11,342,180 459,707 4,259 18 27,664 1991-92 $13,043,724 1,701,544 15.0 176 25 28,881 1992-93 | $14,228,780 1,213,856 85 185 9 29,960 1993-94 $14,915,760 686,980" 54 185 0 29,855 1994-95 ** $15,499,491 583,731 39 195 10 30,377 Millage figures are for Luzerne County only, and do not reflect Wyoming County. . *The current school year has come in under budget. Total expenditures are actually $14,803,043, which is $112,717 lower than originally expected. ** Tentative budget VISA POT- HOLE ALERT Ae Sn pe gi | idea loningian vy rr me DT TE any | Front Wheel |! Lube, Oil, Filter iI Four Wheel | | Alignment I : Castrol Oil I Alignment MOST 1 $2395 ! °17.995 &: sq]. g5 us | obi Meee oo ___ wmmscopon TT Hl ET a eT 5.00 Il Fuel Injection ii Front Disc Pads ! 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