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Sentinel Morning Update: No tax increase for Shippensburg borough
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Article RatingShippensburg Borough Council is poised to approve a $2.532 million operating budget for 2008. The balanced budget is a 4 percent increase — $97,823 —over 2007, but comes without local tax increases.
Increased park and recreation costs and money held in contingency funds are responsible for most of the increase.
The park and rec budget increases by $44,837 in 2008, but park programs are projected to generate $148,000 to help offset the $263,438 total cost.
A proposed salary increase of $3,000 for parks manager Kip Fordney accounts for some of that total expense.
The budget lists $40,627 in contingency funds in 2008, an increase of 450 percent.
Police expenses rise by $4,352, or just 0.0044 percent. Still, police protection accounts for almost 39 percent of the borough’s spending.
The 2008 budget projects increased tax revenue of $64,500 — most of that coming from a projected $28,000 increase in earned income tax collection.
Along with this story from Sentinel reporter Dale Heberlig, here's what else to look for in today’s print and on-line editions:
Carlisle tradition returns Dec. 2 -- Members of the Carlisle community will come together once again on Dec. 2 to present the 71st annual performance of George Frederic Handel’s “Messiah.”
This annual Carlisle area tradition will begin at 3 p.m. in Allison United Methodist Church, 99 Mooreland Ave., Carlisle, on the campus of Dickinson College.
The concert is open to the public and a free-will offering will be taken.
This year there will be 122 singers participating.
Prize-winning author to make hometown appearance -- The fondest letters from home were simple tales of childhood adventure penned by a 12-year-old boy.
Back then, Rick Atkinson wrote short fiction to entertain his father on assignment in Korea.
Larry Atkinson of Boiling Springs recalls how his son was just learning the craft of storytelling.
“He had a real knack for it,” says the 83-year-old retired Army lieutenant colonel. “He enjoyed English and history in college.”
Now the elder Atkinson is looking forward to the latest story from his son, now 55 and a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner. It is the final installment of the Liberation Trilogy his son is writing to explain how the U.S. Army evolved into an effective combat force during World War II.
Rick Atkinson will talk about his new book Thursday during a free, public lecture at the Army War College in Carlisle, where he taught a leadership course in 2004.
Southampton eyes trash service -- Residential trash collection provided by Southampton Township, Cumberland County, in 2008 swells the township’s budget for next year — but supervisors promise township residents will see major cost savings in the long run.
Supervisors point out that start-up cash for proposed township-wide waste collection comes from budget reserves. The budget projects a cost of $221,000 for three used collection trucks.
Proposed rates — pegged to be at least 28 percent lower than the cheapest available commercial hauler — will offset operational costs.
Supervisor Tom Ginnick outlined the trash collection program — predicted to start in July, 2008 —as part of his 2008 budget proposal.
Plans call for the township to purchase three trucks and hire three employees to man the trucks and a clerk to track the paperwork.
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