After taking no action last month, the board of supervisors has now decided to go ahead and hire Econsult Solutions, Inc. to prepare a detailed report to help the township plan its future financial goals.
In a 4-1 vote at the Feb. 12 meeting, the board approved letting the Philadelphia-based firm conduct the study.
Voting to award the contract were: Chairman Phil Calabro, along with Dennis Fisher, John Mack and newly-appointed Supervisor David Oxley. Kyle Davis was the lone dissenter.
At the Jan. 22 supervisors’ meeting, the board did not vote on awarding a contract to because the motion failed to get the required second, and therefore died.
But the supervisors’ sentiments had since changed. [See Insights]
The financial study is aimed at helping the township develop a comprehensive multi-year plan, as well as establish short-and-long term budgetary objectives and strategies over the next five-to-10 years, which are expected to have significant revenue shortfalls.
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UPDATE: After going through the process, I feel that not enough effort was made to get more resident input & that the consultants merely supported what was a forgone conclusion: that significant cuts to the proposed budget was not in the cards and that taxes had to be increased to cover the costs.
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