The Neighborhood Services Fund in Harrisburg needs to be audited | PennLive letters
Updated Feb 01, 2021;
By H. Ralph Vartan
The City of Harrisburg has a looming problem: its Neighborhood Services Fund is on a path to insolvency.
Created in 2016, the NSF is, in simple terms, the city’s trash and recycling business. It accounts for the revenues and expenses associated with refuse collection and disposal.
From 2020-2024, the fund is projected to decline from a beginning balance of $7.7 million to an ending balance of $1.1 million –
i.e., expenditures are projected to exceed revenues by $6.6 million.[1] At that rate, the fund will go broke in another year.
Retired media CEO says he’s running for Harrisburg mayor
Updated Jan 29, 2021;
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The founder of the Central Penn Business Journal, Dave Schankweiler, announced on Friday that he’s running for mayor of the city of Harrisburg.
Schankweiler, the retired CEO for the publication’s parent company, released a virtual announcement speech filmed at Harrisburg University, instead of hosting a live event because of the pandemic and CDC guidelines.
He is seeking the Democratic nomination in the primary race this year in the predominantly Democratic city, likely against the current mayor, Eric Papenfuse, who is widely expected to run for a third term. Schankweiler formerly was a Republican and said in his speech he is “proud to be a convert to the Democratic party.”
Dave Schankweiler makes it official, he will challenge Papenfuse to become Harrisburg mayor
Dave Schankweiler
After surveying Harrisburg residents and businesses for more than a month, entrepreneur Dave Schankweiler, announced his candidacy to be the capital city’s next mayor.
He will challenge incumbent Mayor Eric Papenfuse in the May primary. Papenfuse, who previously told PennLive he planned to seek a third term, was not immediately available to comment on Schankweiler’s candidacy.
Schankweiler, founder and former publisher of the Central Penn Business Journal, announced his decision today in a video message filmed at Harrisburg University. Schankweiler spoke of the realities of being a resident in a city that doesn’t work for everyone.
State oversight board rejects Harrisburg’s 5-year financial plan
Updated Dec 19, 2020;
The Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority voted 4-0 against the proposal at its meeting Wednesday.
The board was created by the General Assembly in late 2018 when legislators agreed to allow the city to keep its expanded taxing authority even after it exits Act 47.
Under state law, the city is required to submit a five-year plan for the board’s review during every year. The plan is supposed to “eliminate projected deficits, implement sound budgetary practices, and provide procedures to avoid a fiscal emergency condition in the future,” according to a news release issued by the board Friday afternoon.