RT a SE Pe he as faery ET — Si a EAR eR ait Sp Sunday, November 20, 2011 THE DALLAS POST PAGE 5 KINGSTON TOWNSHIP Budget adopted by 41 vote The $3 million budget has a deficit of $153,138 and Reino said the supervisors didn't “have any other choice” but to increase property and earned income tax rates. By SARAH HITE shite@mydallaspost.com The board of supervisors adopted the 2012 budget in a 4-1 vote and increased taxes in a 3-2 vote at a special meeting Wednesday. Supervisors James Reino Jr., Jeffrey Box, Frank Natitus and John Solinsky voted for the bud- get while Shirley Moyer voted against it. The $3 million budget has a deficit of $153,138 and Reino said the supervisors didn’t “have any other choice” but to increase property and earned income tax rates. Reino, Box and Natitus voted for tax increases and Solinsky and Moyer voting against them. Property taxes will increase from .0004112 to .00075 mills. A mill is $1 for every $1,000 in as- sessed property value. Township Manager Kathleen Sebastian said this increase will generate an additional $177,740 for the township. Moyer said she opposed this tax increase because of concern for senior citizens in the town- ship. “They just got hit with in- creased school taxes and county taxes last year, so I was con- cerned about that,” she said. Earned income taxes will also rise, from 1.50 to 1.57 percent, .5 of which is remitted directly to the Dallas School District. This hike is estimated to bring in, at most, $129,250 in revenue but Sebastian said earned in- come tax collection is unpre- dictable. Last week the board passed a $52 local services tax for non- residents employed in the town- ship. Reino said the board want- ed to raise taxes evenly for ev- eryone in the township so no one area was particularly hard- hit. Sebastian said the amount of funds that surpass the deficit, $193,852, can be transferred in- to the capital improvement fund. See BUDGET, Page 11 DALLAS BOROUGH Council approves 2012 budget The budget will be available for public inspection at the municipal By SARAH HITE shite@mydallaspost.com Council approved the proposed 2012 budget at a meeting Wednes- day evening. The $1,155,000 budget has no tax increases for next year. The property tax rate in the borough is currently 1.28 mills. A mill is $1 for every $1,000 in assessed property value. The earned income tax rate will stay the same at .5 percent, and the real estate transfer tax will remain at 1 percent. Borough Manager Tracey Carr said expenses were mostly un- changed. She said there are many projects ongoing after Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee swept through the borough, but the budget was built to handle those unforeseen building at 25 Main St., Dallas. expenses. “We're very careful financially,” she said. The budget will be available for public inspection at the municipal building at 25 Main St., Dallas. Carr also said correspondence about residents’ flooding issues has been sent to the state Depart- ment of Environmental Protection for further guidance in addressing the complaints. Council approved three resolu- tions involving gaming grant appli- cations. The borough will support the Back Mountain Community Partnership’s grant application for a regional emergency manage- ment center and Lehman Town- ship’s application for a new street sweeper. Council also approved an agree- ment with Misericordia University in which both parties will support one another on grant applications. Council reduced the police offi- cers’ pension contributions to 2 percent and set non-uniformed employees’ contributions to 1 per- cent. Borough employees will con- tribute 5 percent of annual insur- ance costs, which include medical, dental and vision coverage. The next Dallas Borough Coun- cil meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 21 at the municipal building. Gerlin awarded band scholarship Lake-Lehman Marching Band senior receives Tournament of Bands Scholarship. Lake-Lehman Marching Band senior Christopher Gerlin, of havertown, was awarded the 11 Tournament of Bands roup 1 Scholarship at the Atlan- tic Coast Championship compe- tition held October 30 in Her- shey. Eighty two seniors from 30 marching bands across nine states submitted essays for con- sideration and Gerlin’s was se- lected as the winner. Gerlin has been in the Lake- Lehman Marching Band drum line for five years, the Indoor Per- cussion ensemble for six years and the Symphonic Band for six years. He is a member of the Lake- Lehman Jazz Band and is also a member of “Fusion Core” Drum and Bugle Corps based in Morris County, N.J. The son of Jeff and Michele Gerlin, of Shavertown, he plans to continue to march in Drum Corps. and pursue an Education degree in history and/or music. 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