Monday, April 22, 2013
County's budget in quarter one sounds safe.
Steady as she goes! After fighting rough fiscal seas for the past year featuring $10 million waves of deficit and deep troughs of deferred infrastructure maintenance, Montgomery County’s fiscal ship apparently has come through the worst of the storm and has entered calmer waters. That was the message the commissioners received when Chief Financial Officer Uri Monson delivered his first quarter report for 2013 at the bi-weekly commissioners’ meeting. Monson’s report had three significant highlights: • The county now projects an additional $2.6 million in surplus than was projected on top of the nearly $2.6 million in reserves set aside to grow the county’s fund balance. • This is the first year since 2007 that the fund balance would grow…
Monday, April 23, 2012
Local bank information courtesy of The Times Herald.
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Monday, April 23, 2012
The following comes from The Times Herald via a press release from Continental Bank: PLYMOUTH MEETING — Continental Bank has announced the appointment of Kathleen Hurst as branch manager for its Limerick Branch. Continental Bank has branch locations in Bala Cynwyd, Blue Bell, Conshohocken, Devon, East Norriton, King of Prussia, Limerick, Plymouth Meeting, Roxborough, West Norriton and Shannondell at Valley Forge and is focused on bringing true community banking back to the region. Ms. Hurst started her career as a financial assistant with Haines & Kibblehouse Inc. She then worked for Commerce Bank which later became TD Bank serving as an assistant manager. Ms. Hurst worked for Metro Bank in Central Pennsylvania as a branch manager prior to…
Friday, April 20, 2012
Limerick-to-Limerick exchange program, Western Center budget also discussed.
The Spring-Ford Area School District Board of Education met for its work session meeting on Monday night at the 10-12 Center. At the meeting, Board President and Tom DiBello reported the finance committee is unofficially projecting a 2-percent tax increase for the 2012-13 budget. "We currently have the working budget down to about $126 million," DiBello said. "Given the amount and changes to revenue, the district is looking at a $1.67 million deficit, which equates to a 2-percent tax increase to cover." DiBello said the committee worked hard after the preliminary budget was comprised, decreasing the deficit from about $5 million. "I want to point out the big expenditures that have increased in district – retirement and appeasers are a $2.2…
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Upper Providence Tax Collector Beverly Nohl was audited and mistakes were found.
At Monday night's Spring-Ford Area School District board of education meeting, Board President Tom DiBello reported on finances, including a major concern with the tax collection service to the district. Upper Providence Tax Collector Beverly Nohl was recently audited by the Montgomery County Controller's Office through the Division of Internal Audit for the period of Jan. 1, 2011 - Sept. 30, 2011. "One concern we have to keep our eye on is the Upper Providence Tax Collection," DiBello said. "I talked to our solicitor and he is going to talk to the county controller to discuss. A large portion of money has not been collected, and we haven’t received it yet. This will have a direct impact on the budget. We're going to have to take some type…
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
A recap of Monday night's board meeting.
At Monday night's board of education meeting, the Spring-Ford Area School District heard committee reports from finance and property. Board President Tom DiBello gave his report on the finance committee meeting, which was held on Feb. 23. At the meeting, a bulk of the time was spent discussing the 2012-13 budget. The board originally approved a preliminary budget of about $130 million back in December. DiBello reported on Monday that the finance committee was able to shave off between $1.5 and $2.3 million, which puts the budget somewhere between $127 and $128 million. DiBello said that number will probably go down more as the committee proceeds. "That’s just the first meeting," DiBello said. "We still have several more review sessions …
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Think Teens Need to Learn a Thing or Two About Money? H&R Block Dollars & Sense helps teens become financially fit
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The following was sent in by Jenna Bennett, Senior Associate of Carmichael Lynch Spong: Imagine if teenagers controlled their families’ finances. Would they know how to spend and save money wisely? Or would they max out every credit card? It’s hard to know, but with 50 percent of high school seniors failing when tested on basic personal finance1, it’s not a gamble many parents would take. Recognizing this, H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) offers personal finance curriculum to high schools through H&R Block Dollars & Sense and is accepting applications through February from interested teachers. Provided free through H&R Block’s grant process, the curriculum uses a game-like simulation to teach students how to budget, use debit and credit cards, save …
Monday, December 12, 2011
A look at news around Royersford
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Monday, December 12, 2011
The following comes from IFAwebnews.com: Statesboro Risk Management, based in Royersford, Pa., has joined The Iroquois Group, according to agency principal Glenn Ammarell. For the full story, click here. The following comes from Don Seeley of The Pottstown Mercury: Andrew Scanlan didn’t waste any time getting the college recruiting madness out of his daily routine. Less than two full weeks removed from his last game at Spring-Ford, the senior wideout-defensive back visited Northwestern University over the weekend and gave a verbal commitment Tuesday morning to team up with the Wildcats, a member of the Big Ten Conference. For the full story, click here. The following comes from Chris Goldbert of PhillyLacrosse.com: Spring-Ford senior …
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
The borough council met for a regular meeting on Tuesday night
The Royersford Borough Council met for a regular meeting on Tuesday night to hear commitee reports and appoint a new mayor. The most eventful committee report came from finance, in which the council resulted in voting for the approval of three new vehicles to be purchased under the 2012 budget and beyond. Councilman John Kring delivered the finance report in detail to the council. He first reported the pricing for an upgrade to the heating system at Borough Hall, which was awarded to Ohlert Brothers. The total price for a heating upgrade is $22,047, which was approved unanimously by the council. Kring then explained plans to purchase a new police cruiser, which would be purchased this year, but not included in the budget until 2012. The …
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10:03 pm on Tuesday, April 23, 2013
I don't think any Democrat Commissioner should even accept Marcellus Shale revenue because you all hate the idea of this exploration. You are accepting funds from the Evil Corbett to make you County solvent ?? Shame on all you anti-fracking hypocrites ie. anyone with a D after their multiple Voter Registration cards more ›