York Township
Board of Commissioners
October 16, 2014
5:00 pm
Comm. Steele called the Recessed Meeting of the Board of Commissioners to order at 5:00 pm with the following in attendance:
Comm. Granholm Elizabeth Heathcote Fred Krause
Comm. Jones Scott DePoe Lisa Frye
Comm. Kessler Gary Milbrand Debra Hatley
Comm. Knepper
Other Township employees: Adam Wolf, Tim Poff, Kathy Dellinger, Terrence Trasatti
Others: Ted Hake
2015
Budget
Fred Krause presented the 2015 budget. He thanked the management team for their help in providing information for the budget. His presentation can be found in the minute book. The following assumptions were used to provide the 2015 budget.
2% increase in pay for township employees
7.4% increase in health care
5% employee contribution to health care cost
No health insurance rebates included in budget figures
7% increase in liability & 5% increase in workers’ compensation
10% increase in workers’ compensation insurance for firefighters
11.27% increase in police cost using 95 PPU’s
3% increase in fire contributions/ no increase in $150k for recruitment
$366,848.77 General fund transfer to capital reserve
$966,148.11 sewer fund transfer to capital reserve
.9 milage rate general operations/increase of .2 mills
.3 milage rate fire companies
$5200 Fire Association Scholarships
$30,000 library contribution
$10,000 contribution to Red Lion Senior Center
$1000 contribution to York Township Business Alliance
$900 contribution Dallastown/York County Science Fairs/Envirothon
Recycling grant remaining at 2014 level
State Aid for pension based upon 2014 actual
$163,511 employee benefits CD transfer to offset MMO pension amortization
Engineer position not filled
One new hire for Public Works
Grant to be awarded for Chambers Road project
On the 5 year capital projects schedule some items were pushed out several years, but there are several high ticket projects that we will begin engineering and design work on in 2015 and the actual construction will take place in 2016 or 2017.
Fred will provide everyone with an updated budget with the new information from this meeting. The reading of the budget will be in November and adoption at the December board meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:52 pm.
Secretary