At a Glance
At a Glance: Moon School District Reveals Budget Projections
Director of fiscal services Alan Bennett provides key numbers from 2012-2013 budget projections.
Alan Bennett, director of fiscal services for the Moon Area School District, offered a 2012-2013 budget overview projection to school board members at their Monday night meeting. Board members will take action on the budget at a later meeting. Some highlights from the preliminary budget presentation: Estimated 2012-2013 revenue: $60,209,246 Estimated expenditures: $62,261,649, including $400,000 for contingencies End-of-year fund balance: $7,119,216 Projected amount needed to be cut to balance the budget without increasing taxes: $1,652,403, exclusive of the $400,000 budgeted for contingencies Amount of money budgeted for Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System: $3,230,039, up from $2,183,010 in the previous year's budget.
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Teri Shaw
8:40 am on Sunday, April 1, 2012
I have heard each year Mr. Bennett speak of the worst case senarios for the district. The previous boards used some of the fund balance and everything was ok. I am not saying we need to use it all but we do not need to have 7.1 million fund balance. We are not going to be bankrupt. more ›