November 12, 2001 The budget meeting of the Supervisors of Franklin Township, held in the Township office, was called to order by Chairman John Sachar at 0811 hours. Present were Sachar, Denver Ireland, David Henderson and Jarrett Miller. REVENUES Sachar - will the slow economy affect our EIT revenues? Henderson - there is a year delay. June said she knows of no significant lay-offs within the Township. If so, it will show up in 2003. Millage - the millage rate will remain at 17 mills. General fund - 9.5 mills; Fire Department fund - 2 mills; Municipal Building fund - 0.5 mills; Equipment fund - 2 mills; Permanent Improvement fund - 3 mills. Discussion on EIT revenues. There is always a swing depending on who pays when. Discussion on interest income. PURTA payments have dwindled to virtually nothing. State Shared Revenues - State Liquid Fuels income is up $3,000 for 2002. The figure takes into account the new census figures. County Liquid Fuels is down. Every third year the committee adjusts the emergency bridge fund. General Government Revenues - Zoning and Subdivision fees will change when the statewide building code takes affect but the revenues will be paid back out in inspection fees. Building permits will go from $40 to around $800 for a three-bedroom house. The ECATO will work to keep the economy of scale as low as possible. The labor behind the process is the vast amount of the cost. Sanitation Revenue - Sanitation is up because our grant is reflected in the category. It includes « of our 2-year grant application amount. Financing for the Eureka Road #4 Paving Project - we will borrow $122,095 to finance the project. We will use $84,169 in 2002 and invest the remaining $37,926 until 2003 when it will be used for the paving portion. Total Revenues - total of revenues for 2002 is $550,185; total revenues excluding one time large revenues is $324,068. Sachar - have all the West Stancliff/I-79 project bills been paid? Henderson - yes and our invoice has been submitted to the Soil Conservation District for payment of the remaining grant allotment. Ireland - that section needs to be graded and raked one more time. I don't see any funds reflected if we sell the International cab and chassis. EXPENSES Henderson - I budgeted $50,000 for an anti-skid building. Henderson - Rick Summerville has hauled the remainder of what was owed. We do not need to purchase more gravel. We have 600 yards stockpiled. Ireland - we figured on buying gravel. Summerville's was a plus. Do we need to buy more? Dave answered no, the 600 yards should be enough. Sachar - why do you ask Denver, do you want the pile twice the size? Ireland - yes, we should have what we were to buy from Showman and what Summerville brought in. Henderson - only if we bought from Showman. Ireland - you should have the Showman money left in the budget. We'll have to buy gravel next year. 401 - contains funds to start up a municipal website. Ireland - do we need a website? Sachar - it depends on if we want to keep up or stay behind the times. Henderson - it has tangible benefits. We can offer on-line permits, meeting minutes etc. Some websites now allow purchases on-line. Intangible benefits could be advertising our KOZ zone. 405 - Dave stated that the Secretary is at her limit on available time. Her hours have not changed since 1990. It is a big project to convert data to the website. We need an extra one-time fee for secretarial work to do it. He suggested that we use Kim Zock to convert the files. She created the website used by her band. After we convert our files to website files, the information is transferred to our Internet service provider. 407 - budgeted is the cost of a new computer for the office. The present computer is 4 years old. It should have been replaced in 2001. Also budgeted are upgrades for our software. 408 - the Township cost for the Falls Road Bridge #1 engineering study will be $2,000. The rest comes from other sources. Construction is planned for 2004. We can decide not to build in 2004 if we chose. 409 - we will have a $1,500 carry-over from the 2001 budget. We never got around to cleaning and painting the walls in the back bay. 411 - we plan to install two more dry hydrants, possibly at Farmer's at Franklin Center and maybe at Dave's Pond. We are running out of ponds. Discussion on the reduction in fire insurance premiums because of dry hydrants. There can be a 30% reduction and we need to encourage the fire department to do their part to qualify for the reduction. 414 - discussion on the work involved with enforcing the statewide building code at the County level. 427 - this category is up because of the inclusion of recycle containers. 430 - maintenance on Hawthorne Ridge Road will be a swap for Brooks Road. We budgeted for Fry and Gudgeonville. 432 - budgeted $25,000, same as last year. 437 - there are some big repairs at the end of this year for the tractor and 1-ton. 438 - includes $700 for rake teeth and $1,000 for grader teeth. Discussion on the type of Geotextile to be used on EU #4. Dave said that he would like to put the gravel down on Eureka #4 with a paver and is looking into the possibility of savings on gravel with the use of this new fabric. Henderson - the paving seed money will go away with the EU #4 project. If Representative Boyes wants to put in more money we can resurrect the project. If not, we will have satisfied his stipulations. We could do it on our own if we choose but 1 mill won't accumulate very quickly. Water Problem on Silverthorn - discussion on the water problem on the Brooks property across from 11255 Silverthorn Road. The water is close to the road and any significant rain will flood Silverthorn. The Game Commission representative says Mr. Brooks has refused to allow him access to the property and he thinks Mr. Brooks has created the water problem not beavers. Jarrett Miller volunteered to check to see if Mr. Brooks has a wetlands permit. Will continue with the expense budget on 11/14/01. ADJOURN Sachar called the meeting adjourned at 0940 hours.