Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The board is expected to vote on a finalized budget in June.
For the first time in at least a decade, Seneca Valley officials unanimously agreed on a school budget. At Monday’s meeting, school board members voted 7-0 to approve the $101,007,381 proposed budget for the 2013-14 school year with a 2.75 mill increase in real estate taxes. School board members Eric Gordon and Kelly Kopera were absent from the meeting. Board president Bob Hill noted this is the first time since he was elected in 2000 that he can remember officials unanimously voting on a spending plan. Proposed expenditures for the budget total about $101 million. Revenues are estimated at about $99.5 million. By raising taxes 2.75 mills, the budget covers a $1.44 million shortfall for next year. Originally, a $2.8 million funding gap was…
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
The school board is expected to vote on final proposed budget next week.
Seneca Valley officials are looking to vote on a proposed final budget with a deficit that has been slashed in half. At Monday’s school board meeting, Lynn Burtner, the district’s business manager, said the $2.8 million funding gap predicted for 2013-14 school budget has been reduced to $1.44 million, mainly through personnel attrition and benefits savings. “There were changes in both revenues and expenses, a lot of them working in our favor,” she said. Some of those factors include new developments in the communities that make up the district, which has bumped up the value of a property tax mill. Burtner said one mill of property tax is now valued at $525,000, up from $515,000 last school year. The increase will bring the district an …
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The governor's spending plan is expected to provide school districts with close to $10 million in taxpayer assistance.
Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposed 2013-14 budget is expected to provide Pennsylvania school districts with more than $9.83 billion in taxpayer assistance. For the Seneca Valley School District, this translates to a $992,000 increase for the 2013-14 school year, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Net pension savings Seneca Valley are proposed at $553,284. In comparison, the North Allegheny School District is projected to receive a nearly $1.5-million increase while North Hills would receive a $760,503 increase. In January, Seneca Valley released a proposed preliminary budget with a $2.8 million shortfall, but officials warn the numbers could change quite few times before the district is required to adopt a final budget in June…
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 15, 2013
The district has until June to balance the budget.
Although it’s barely a month into the New Year, Seneca Valley already is working the numbers for next year’s budget. At Monday’s school board meeting, business manager Lynn Burtner said early numbers show the district could face a $3 million shortfall for the 2013-14 school year. “Now remember, the preliminary budget gets worked and worked and worked until we have a proposed final and a final budget in May and June,” she said. The numbers, which Burtner called very preliminary, showed expenditures at $102 million and revenue at $99 million 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 …
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Officials are expected to vote on a finalized budget June 25.
In a 7-1 vote, Seneca Valley School District officials on Monday approved a proposed $97.2 million budget that closes a $4.8 million dollar shortfall for the 2012-13 school year—and includes a 4.4 mill increase in real estate taxes. School board member Jim Nickel was the lone dissenting vote. Board president Robert Hill was absent from the meeting. While he said he supported the district expenditures, Nickel argued in favor of raising property taxes by 3.9 mills, which is .5 mills less than 4.4 mills approved by the board. Each mill of tax yields about $500,000, meaning .5 mills would generate about $250,000. Nickel suggested reducing the contingency fund, which is money reserved for emergency repairs or other unexpected expenses, to …
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SpendingMaster
9:22 pm on Saturday, May 18, 2013
It has to be an opinion or at least thought amongst the taxpayers that the board is out of control when it comes to spending. They continue to spend more and more while claiming they are making budget cuts. Those aren't cuts! They are spending more. The taxpayers should put that into consideration when the election occurs. more ›