TT BoS – BAWG JUNE 10

June 3, 2009 at 6:58 am (Board of Supervisors, Politics, Taxes, Tredyffrin Twp.) (, , , , , )

Please Attend

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

at 7:30 p.m.

at The Tredyffrin Twp. Bldg.

1100 DuPortail Road, Berwyn, PA  19312-1079

The Tredyffrin Township Budget Advisory Working Group (BAWG)

Remember the Tredyffrin Twp. Board of Supervisors’ (TT BoS) Budget Meetings in Nov/Dec 2008…

which increased our taxes for the second year in a row?  Since then, the TT BoS created the Budget Advisory Working Group (BAWG) [http://www.tredyffrinbawg.com], and appointed the volunteers.

The BAWG will hold a public meeting on Wed. June 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the Tredyffrin Twp Building to gather public input.  There is a possibility that an Earned Income Tax (EIT) could be reconsidered by the group.

I hope you will bring a friend, and join me in giving the clear message that increasing our taxes is NOT an option, and that Tredyffrin Township must work within its budgetary boundaries just like we do.   I hope you will get involved – democracy works best when normal folks like us are involved - and budgets need not be regarded as overly-complicated.

- Evelyn “E.J.” Richter, A Pen in The Woods

P.S.  Things that may be discussed include:

  • Salaries, benefits and longevity pay for staff. (Non-union staff received longevity pay, cost of living increase, and 100% medical coverage for 2009.)
  • Size and scope of the police department
  • Subsidy levels for fire companies, libaries and the Woodland School
  • Outsourcing of Township services (think park and vehicle maintenance)
  • Sidewalks
  • Taxes, user fees
  • What services are most important to local residents?
  • What are residents’ views on the current and future tax burden?
  • Would residents prefer to increase taxes in order to maintain or expand services?
  • What services would local residents be willing to see reduced or eliminated?

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