The inaction of the Commonwealth Finance Authority on Local Share Account (gaming grant) applications submitted by area government leaders has begun to impact the finances of at least one municipality.
Late in 2019, Fairview Twp. applied for $381,166.50 to pave the municipal building parking lot and capital improvements for Park Lane North and Deerpath. It also asked for a $47,513.25 gaming grant for a new police SUV.
The Commonwealth Financing Authority, which reviews and awards the gaming grants, has not met since early in 2019 and as a result, municipalities not only did not receive the grants, but donât know when planning their 2021 budgets how much, if any of the money for which they applied, they will receive.
When the leaders of Mountain Top Hose Company No. 1 approached Fairview Twp. supervisors three years ago and asked them to enact a 0.3 mills fire tax to help support the volunteer fire companyâs operation, they never anticipated the financial impact the COVID-19 pandemic would have on the organization.
Hose company president David Hourigan recently expressed the gratitude of the volunteer department to supervisors for their willingness to impose the tax and for their foresight.
âIt is difficult for me to imagine where we would be without it,â Hourigan said of the fire tax revenue.
In the fire companyâs November newsletter, Hourigan reported that through October, the tax has generated $115,299 in revenue for the volunteer organization. The department was scheduled to receive another $889 in December, bringing the total to more than $116,000.
When the leaders of Mountain Top Hose Company No. 1 approached Fairview Twp. supervisors three years ago and asked them to enact a .3 mill fire tax to help support the volunteer fire companyâs operation, they never anticipated the financial impact the COVID-19 pandemic would have on the organization.
Hose company president David Hourigan recently expressed the gratitude of the volunteer department to supervisors for their willingness to impose the tax and for their foresight. âIt is difficult for me to imagine where we would be without it,â Hourigan said of the fire tax revenue.
In the fire companyâs November newsletter, Hourigan reported that through October, the tax has generated $115,299 in revenue for the volunteer organization. The department was scheduled to receive another $889 in December, bringing the total to more than $116,000.