BOROUGH OF MOUNT EPHRAIM 2009 PROPOSED MUNICIPAL BUDGET

The Public Hearing will be held on Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 8:00 pm at the Borough Hall during the regular Board of Commissioners Meeting.

This 2009 Municipal Budget includes a 10 cents Tax Increase per $100.00 of assessed value OR an average Tax Increase of $98.00 up to $214.00 depending on your homes assessment. This Tax Increase DOES NOT include the School Tax Increase OR any County Tax Increase. Last years Municipal Budget had a 15 cents Tax Increase or an average of $147.00 up to $320.00. In the past two years that is a total of between $245.00 and $534.00 in Municipal Taxes alone.

This will be the second reading of the municipal budget and will be adopted at this meeting unless the commissioners decide to make any changes.

Residents need to attend and ask the Mayor & Commissioners what they have done in the past year to reduce municipal spending other then just \”shared services\”? We as the TAXPAYERS & THEIR BOSSES need to put the pressure on them to get the point across that we can NOT AFFORD these INCREASES YEAR AFTER YEAR.

Wolk, Greenwold & Gilmore need to understand that they SHOULD BE CUTTING EVERY CORNER THAT THEY CAN TO MAKE THE INCREASE AS MINIMAL AS POSSIBLE FOR THE TAXPAYERS! Think of the families struggling from paycheck to paycheck and the seniors on fixed incomes!!!

PLEASE ATTEND & make your voices heard at the Public Meeting – Thursday, MAY 7, 2009 at the Borough Hall Court Room at 8:00 PM.

Signed A Concerned Citizen

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