No tax increase in Robinson budget
ROBINSON – The $1.1 million balanced budget expected to be ratified by Robinson Township supervisors this month calls for no tax increases. Township Manager Erin Sakalik said the municipality continues to save its Act 13 natural gas impact fees for a rainy day.
“We had $113,000 carry over from general funds into this budget … and we put $229,000 in impact fees into our capital reserve account. We’re thinking about potential improvements or expansions to the municipal building over the next five years, but just talking and planning at this stage. Otherwise, we’ll use that to repair and improve our vehicles,” Sakalik said.
While the budget has $100,000 set aside for general road repairs, a special project for Raccoon Creek Road has $124,517 allocated for a three-phase repair job, with phase one expected to be complete by November 2016.
“The first major phase is drainage before going onto paving and improvement repairs. We received a $102,000 grant from the Department of Conservation for this project, too,” Sakalik said.
The major revenue streams for the township are the earned income tax, real estate taxes and the gas funds; major expenses were payroll accounts for public works, police and administration.