Tuesday, January 22, 2013
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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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
A proposed preliminary budget shows the school district is facing a $4.8 million shortfall for the 2012-13 school year.
In the face of a proposed preliminary budget that shows a $4.8 million shortfall for the 2012-13 school year, Seneca Valley officials at Monday’s school board meeting unanimously approved a motion allowing the district to apply to the state for permission to raise property taxes. “Next, we attack the issues of closing the $4.8 million deficit,” district business manager Lynn Burtner said. The district plans to ask the state for special exceptions under Act. 1, which would permit the district to increase property taxes above the inflationary index. For Seneca Valley, the index under Act 1—also known at the Taxpayer Relief Act—is set at 2 percent, or 2.11 mills of tax. Although this action would give them the option of raising taxes beyond …
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Thursday, January 5, 2012
Initial estimates show a funding gap for the 2012-13 school year. A final budget won't be approved until June.
Barely a week into the new year, Seneca Valley officials already are making plans for next year’s budget. At the Jan. 16 meeting, school board members will vote on submitting a proposed preliminary budget for the 2012-13 school year to the state. That proposed preliminary budget, which is expected to be available online today on the district’s website, shows revenues for the 2012-13 school year at $94.8 million. Expenditures are at $99.6 million—leaving a shortfall of about $4.8 million. “That shows there’s a pretty significant gap coming right out the gate with the first draft,” district business manager Lynn Burtner said Wednesday at the school board's workshop meeting. Officials are not required to approve a final budget until June. …
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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 ›