6/15/2009 BoC Mtg. BUDGET BUDGET BUDGET

Tonight the focus of the meeting was BoC meeting was the fiscal condition of the Township and the budget status. John Fisher did a great job of pointing out the need to act NOW not later. Funny how Hervada accussed John of Grandstanding. Didn't the "good time" mentality and the "trust us" we have it under control mentality get flushed? Well I guess not! We will eat up $3 million of our reserves (and yes, that is what reserves are for) and our projections are far to rosie for my liking. We need to act now, not wait till the 2010 budget.

My commish was absent again. Because I have had several discussions about this with my neighbors, I got up during public comment and asked which of the other Commissioners was going to watch out for our interest in the 5th Ward when they are planning service cuts and other cost savings