June 28, 2007 I appeared before the Local government Tax Control Board to request an emergency firefighting loan of $221,961. This is down form the original request of $274,000 due to allotting all the COIT money the township will receive being applied to firefighting. The estimated tax rate for the loan repayment is $0.1360, based on the current assessed value.

While preparing for my appearance on June 28th, I was really amazed at the amount allotted for firefighting by the DLGF. Since before 2003, we were only getting $12,000. Over the years this has increased to $17,000. You cannot secure fire services for $17,000.

Things that should of happened even three to four years ago was to borrow for fire service so a new rate could have been instituted. Many borrowing windows and debt changes have happened to where it will not be as easy for the taxpayer to handle, nor will the township be able to reap some benefits due to indebtedness any longer. We missed some opportunities that would have been “softer” to the taxpayer.

There will be a public meeting Thursday, July 19, 2007 at the Indianapolis Executive Airport for public discussion concerning this matter.

Well after saying that all the minutes/agnendas and finiancials would be up on the web site the next morning–well it is obvious that that didn’t happen.

Not a problem, said the web person (notice I am not using the word master in this context). “This system upgrade will make this process a lot smoother and much more efficient.”

Well, many hours/days later, we may be over the hump and finally get our promises posted in a timely fashion.

Seeing is believing.