Upper Milford Supervisors to Hold Special Budget Meeting

The Upper Milford Township Board of Supervisors voted 3-0 to hold a special meeting on in the in order to review the preliminary 2012 township budget.

The supervisors took a long hard look at the budget prepared by township supervisor Dan DeLong at the board's regularly scheduled Nov. 3 meeting, going through the budget line by line in order to address a shortfall of approximately $175,000. Chairman Steve Ackerman took the lead in the nip and tuck process, closing the deficit to about $15,000.

Among the changes proposed by Ackerman include closing parks, freezing wages and .

At this point , although Ackerman recommended dropping the funding level to the $5 per capita needed for the library to get state monies. That means the library would receive about $36,000 in 2012.

Ackerman said he would like to hold the fire companies to their 2011 funding levels, a suggestion that met with some push back at the Nov. 3 meeting, with Supervisor Rob Sentner saying that if it comes down to a choice, he thinks the money should go to the fire department above the .