Seneca Valley Releases Proposed Preliminary Budget to Public, Mull Options for Closing $2.8 Million Shortfall
Officials say a clearer picture of the numbers will emerge once the governor approves a state budget.
Seneca Valley released a proposed preliminary budget with a $2.8 million shortfall to the public Monday evening, but officials warn the numbers could change quite few times before the district is required to adopt a final budget in the spring. District business manager Lynn Burtner said the preliminary numbers show expenditures at about $102 million and revenue at $99 million in the 2013-14 school year if Seneca Valley updates its current plan and rolls it into the coming school year only. The numbers do not take into account changes in state funding the district may receive once Gov. Tom Corbett unveils his state budget, which he is expected to do in February. At Monday’s meeting, Burtner presented three budget scenarios for school board …
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Boyerwedum
6:06 pm on Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Bottom line is that we are going to see another tax increase. What's not mentioned is that last night Eric Gordon (candidate for Cranberry Twp. Sprvsr.) stated he wants to raise the tax increase even higher. He feels not enough is going into the contingency fund and that taxpayers can dig deeper. At least Jim Nickel expressed the opposite and felt too much was being directed into that fund. more ›