Published Thursday, November 7, 2002
Clark council placed its $205,657 budget on display Tuesday. The public has 30 days to examine the spending plan.
For the ninth year in a row, taxes will hold steady at 9.667 mills, or 29 mills before the tax assessment ratio change last year. One mill goes toward the fire department, said Mayor Douglas Bradley. A mill is $1 for every $1,000 of assessed property value; assessments are based on 1970 market values.
At 9.667 mills, a property owner with a home assessed at $30,000 would owe $290 in property taxes to the borough.
Each mill represents about $6,000 to the borough, Bradley said.
The budget is available for viewing at the municipal building on Winner Road. Council expects to approve the final budget at its Dec. 3 meeting.
<hr> Clark
budget
at a glance
SPENDING
» General government, $24,590 ($28,627).
» Tax collection, $8,675 ($8,675).
» Municipal building, $16,100 ($16,700).
» Public safety, $12,000 ($12,000).
» Fire protection, $8,729 ($8,729).
» Planning, zoning, $503 ($503).
» Streets, $34,195 ($36,616).
» Parks, $2,900 ($6,684).
» Debt service, $17,328 ($16,973).
» Miscellaneous, $46,704 ($41,992).
» Unappropriated, $933 ($3,475).
» Highway aid, $16,320 ($15,953).
FUNDING
» Real estate taxes at 9.667 mills, $60,500 ($59,300).
» Other local taxes, $57,000 ($57,000).
» Fines, interest and rents, $8,000 ($7,750).
» Grants $33,000 ($9,100).
» State-shared services, $6,167 ($6,167).
» Miscellaneous, $1,000 ($1,000).
» Year-ending cash balance, $4,000 ($16,608).