Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The Marple Newtown School Board voted 7-1 at Tuesday night’s meeting in favor of the final budget with a 0 percent tax increase.
NEWTOWN SQUARE–As expected, Marple Newtown School Board officials approved the 2012-13 general fund budget for the district in the amount of $68.1 million, which is an approximately $1 million decrease from the preliminary budget. The budget included a tax increase of *0 percent. Last month, the board approved a reduction of its preliminary 2012-13 tax increase from 2.67 percent down to 0.62. The board voted 7-1 Tuesday night to pass the budget with School Board Vice President Nancy Galbraith holding the lone nay. School Board member Jamie Mariano was not present. Galbraith expressed her concerns with the tax decrease, citing potential problems in the future. “I have respect for the board, but obviously I don’t agree. If healthcare …
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Marple Newtown School Board members proposed to reduce the real estate school tax increase from 2.67 percent to a 0.62 percent tax increase in the 2012-13 proposed final budget without cutting any position or programs in the district.
NEWTOWN SQUARE–Since its approval in January, Marple Newtown School Board officials moved to approve a reduction of its preliminary 2012-13 tax increase from 2.67 percent to *0.62 percent next year at their next public meeting. A presentation was made before school board members at a Budget & Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday night, where Business Administrator Joe Driscoll shared the 2012-13 proposed final budget of $68,108,000, an approximate $1 million decrease from the preliminary budget. Driscoll said depending on the state's budget, the final tax increase may change by a "tenth or two" but no more. Reductions From Additional Staffing Positions According to Driscoll, there were several factors that were looked at while trying to …
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
The Marple Newtown School Board discussed the 2012-13 preliminary budget with a potential 3.59 percent tax increase at a Budget and Finance Committee meeting on Nov. 15.
NEWTOWN SQUARE–At the Marple Newtown Board of School Directors' Budget and Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday night, Business Administrator Joseph Driscoll presented the preliminary 2012-13 district budget to the board, mentioning at several points that what he was trying to build was a "worst-case scenario budget." In 2012-13, the preliminary budget projects a level budget overall, Driscoll said. Retirement rate is one aspect of the budget that will change this year. The percentage the school district is expected to pay next school year is 12.9 percent, increasing what the school district must pay out by $500,000, Driscoll said. "It's the biggest cost driver we have this year." Driscoll also suggested that it would be wise for the …
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Jennifer Kim
9:31 am on Thursday, April 12, 2012
Correction: Proposed final tax increase is 0.62%, not 0.67%. Even better! more ›