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MUSA Council Joined: May 15 2008 Status: Offline Points: 7008 |
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Posted: May 30 2013 at 12:06pm |
Journal story.....
MIDDLETOWN Income, property taxes projected down MIDDlETOWN — A projected $1 million shortfall in income tax and property tax collections could mean some difficult cuts to Middletown’s 2014 budget, according to city officials. Early projections show 2013 income tax collections will be short by about $800,000 and property tax collections will be off by about $200,000. City Manager Judy Gilleland said there have been some ups and downs, but it’s too early to see a true trend in this year’s revenue projections. ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT GILLELAND? PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS SHOULD HAVE A HISTORY BEHIND PREDICTING HOW MUCH THE CITY WILL RECEIVE. THE HOUSING MARKET TOOK A BIG HIT IN 2008 AND THE PROPERTY VALUES/TAXES HAVE BEEN STEADILY DECLINING SINCE THEN. YOU HAVE AT LEAST 5 YEARS OF DATA TO MAKE YOUR PREDICTIONS. LOOK AT THE AUDITORS WEBSITE AND SEE THE DECLINE IN ANY MIDDLETOWN PROPERTY. YOU SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO DO SOME PROJECTIONS ON THE INCOME LEVELS AND THE MONEY COLLECTED FROM THAT SOURCE. YOU KNOW THAT AK HAS DOWNSIZED. WE'VE LOST ALOT OF INDUSTRY AND THE JOBS YOUR ADMINISTRATION HAVE BROUGHT TO THIS TOWN HAVE NOT BEEN EXACTLY HIGH ROLLER WAGES. MOST PAY SERVICE INDUSTRY WAGES WHICH ARE ON THE LOW END OF THE SCALE AND THE INDUSTRY JOBS ARE "INDUSTRIAL PARK" JOBS PAYING, WHAT, $10 to $15 AN HOUR? NOT GONNA GET ENOUGH REVENUE FROM THE TYPES OF JOBS OFFERED IN THIS TOWN TO RAISE AN EYEBROW ARE WE? “We need to examine our revenue over the next several months before we can have any credible predictions,” she said MERCY Councilman Josh Laubach, chair of council’s finance subcommittee, said the numbers could balance out as the year proceeds, but he is concerned the city won’t hit its income and property tax revenue targets. If it doesn’t then, “We’ll have to start to tap into the unencumbered fund (also know as the rainy day fund),” he said NOTHING NEW. BEEN DONE BEFORE BY COUNCILS While Gilleland remains “cautiously optimistic,” she said city staff is “keeping a close eye on the monthly revenue receipts” because there may have to be some “tough decisions” made. “The good thing is that we are seeing a stabilization of our local economy,” Gilleland said. “Things seem to be evening out in Middletown.” "EVENING OUT IN MIDDLETOWN" ????? HOW DO YOU FIGURE? The city will see a new multimillion Hampton Inn open today, which will bring new jobs and potentially new visitors. The city is also seeing strong revitalization of its downtown and East End and businesses opening and expanding along the industrial corridor of Yankee Road THE HAMPTON INN AND THE DOWNTOWN OFFER JOBS THAT WON'T PRODUCE INCOME TAXES WORTHY OF NOTE. NOT GONNA GET MUCH OUT OF SERVICE/HOTEL JOBS OR RESTAURANT/RETAIL WAGES. PROBABLY DO BETTER WITH THE FEW COMPANIES DOWN ON YANKEE. “We’re bringing in jobs monthly, we’re bringing in new homes, we’re demolishing (dilapidated) homes,” Gilleland said. “We’re working on all of the key priorities to move the city forward so that our economy remains stable.” NOPE.....TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. HAD DECADES TO GET THINGS ACCOMPLISHED AND NO EFFORT WAS MADE. AGAIN, THE JOBS BROUGHT IN ARE PRIMARILY LOW PAYING JOBS. THE NEW HOMES ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB THOUGH DEMOLISHING EVERYTHING IN SIGHT. “I think we’re going to see still some significant cuts to our organization over the next couple of years,” said Gilleland. YES JUDITH, A RESULT OF A POOR ECONOMY AND POOR PLANNING ON YOUR PART BY STARTING TOO LATE, HAVING THE WRONG FOCUS ON DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION RATHER THAN THE PRIMARY FOCUS BEING ON DECENT JOBS CREATING REVENUE AND TOTALLY MIS-SPENDING THE CITY MONEY THAT YOU DO HAVE. PROBABLY NOT A BAD IDEA TRIMMING GOVERNMENT POSITIONS, HOPEFULLY ELIMINATING HIGH SALARY PAPERSHUFFLERS AND ELIMINATING ALL THE ASSTS. TO THE ASSISTS. While specifics in the 2014 budget will be discussed in the time leading up to talks this fall, the finance subcommittee will recommend to City Council that it identify funds for streets and keep streets, police and fire as priorities THE BASICS. HOW MANY FEEL THE CITY WILL TAKE THE ADVICE OF THE FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE, PARTICULARLY ON THE SUBJECT OF STREETS? |
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I'm so proud of my hometown and what it has become. Recall 'em all. Let's start over.
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MUSA Immigrant Joined: May 09 2013 Status: Offline Points: 37 |
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Millions in federal grants have been wasted by "big pocket" bureaucrats here. These funds along with leveraged private dollars would have made an improvement in older neighborhood conditions. These so-called gurus thought nothing about losing $75K on buying and rehabbing houses as a case in point.
Stabilized neighborhood property values = better buyer demand and overall marketability. Blowing money on buying asbestos-laden abandoned movie theaters, etc. are not prudent investments. Many opportunities lost in reclaiming Ward 2 and some Ward 1 neighborhoods. Now that 300 more homes are coming down (mostly in Ward 2), I wonder what market values and buyer demand will be in the years ahead? Will the demolition onslaught provide any incentive for existing owners to upgrade/maintain their homes? These HUD spendthrifts live in Mason and Lebanon. Why don't they live in Middletown like so many of us?
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MUSA Citizen Joined: Oct 19 2012 Location: middletown Status: Offline Points: 952 |
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Amen Mr.Adkins lives in west chester what does he really care It's a job that's all. He doesn't care how it really affects us who live here.
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