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2012 Planning Commission Meeting Dates

The Pittston Township Planning Commission will meet on the first Thursday of every month in 2012. The Meetings will be held at the Pittston Township Municipal Building, 421 Broad Street, Pittston Twp. PA 18640 at 7PM prevailing time. If the first Thursday falls on a holiday, the meeting will take place on the following day (Friday) at 6:30 PM. The regularly scheduled monthly meeting dates for 2012 are as follows:

January 5, 2012
February 2, 2012
March 1, 2012
April 5, 2012
May 3, 2012
June 7, 2012
July 5, 2012
August 2, 2012
September 6, 2012
October 4, 2012
November 1, 2012
December 6, 2012

Any questions regarding the meeting times, dates, or agenda can be addressed to the Zoning Officer, Terry Best by calling 570-654-0161

2012 Supervisors Meeting Date

A reorganization meeting of Pittston Township will be held on January 3, 2012 at the Municipal Building at 7:00 PM.

The monthly regularly scheduled meeting dates for 2012 are scheduled for the Third Monday of each month at 7:00 PM unless that day is a Holiday in which case the meeting will take place on the next day at 7:00 PM..

January	17	2012
February	21	2012
March	19	2012
April	16	2012
May	21	2012
June	18	2012
July	16	2012
August	20	2012
September	17	2012
October	15	2012
November	19	2012
December	17	2012

2012 Proposed Budget

	PITTSTON TOWNSHIP

	PRELIMINARY 2012 BUDGET


	Operating	Special & Capital	TOTAL	Emergency Svs. Tax
Beginning Fund Balance	$ 156,000	$ 500	$ 156,500	$ -
			-
Real Estate Taxes Cur Yr	$ 83,200		83,200	83,200
Real Estate Taxes Tx Clm Bur	15,000		15,000
Real Estate Transfer Taxes	50,000		50,000
Earned Income Taxes	345,000		345,000
Mercantile Taxes	690,000	-	690,000
EMS Tax	225,000		225,000
Mechanical Devices Taxes	15,000		15,000
Vendor Permits	6,000		6,000
Contractor Registration	4,000		4,000
Cable Television Franchise	17,500		17,500
Court	22,000		22,000
State Police Fines	4,000		4,000
Vehicle Code Violations	100		100
Fines-Probation	1,500		1,500
Interest-Bank Checking	7,500		7,500
Rent-Buildings	4,200		4,200
Foreign Fire Ins Prem Tax	25,000		25,000
Alcoholic Bev Licenses	1,500		1,500
Payments in Lieu of Taxes	1,200		1,200
Gas Tax Refund	2,500		2,500
Municipal Service Tax - Mericle	15,500		15,500
Game Commission Lands	1,200		1,200
State Pension Allocation	29,000		29,000
Recreation	-		-
Planning & Zoning	10,000		10,000
SALDO & Conditional Use			-
Recycling - Curbside	42,000		42,000
Community Revitalization			-
Police Accident Reports	3,500		3,500
Building Permits	120,000		120,000
Administrative Fees - Commercial Inspections	30,000		30,000
Sign Tax	7,500		7,500
Liquid Fuels Allocation		87,500	87,500
Community Development		100,000	100,000
Bag Sales	24,500		24,500
Recreation - Rental of Pavilion	1,500		1,500
Miscellaneous Revenue	3,500		3,500
Sale of Equipment	-		-
Refund - Prior Year Expenditures			-
Reimbursement Manager's Salary	-		-
Reimbursement - Sewer Authority	-		-
Reimbursement - Suscon Expenses			-
Reimbursement Engineering Fees	-		-
OPERATING REVENUE	$ 1,808,400	$ 187,500	$ 1,995,900	$ 83,200
FUNDS AVAILABLE	$ 1,964,400	$ 188,000	$ 2,152,400	$ 83,200
			-
			-
ADMINISTRATION			-
Meetings	$ -		$ -
Salary - Elected Auditors	3,000		3,000
Salary-Treasurer	26,500		26,500
Manager	69,000		69,000
Salaries-Clerks Gen'l Gov't	33,952		33,952
Salary-Secretary	4,800		4,800
Open Records Officer	2,400		2,400
Grant Coordinator	1,800		1,800
Longevity	6,650		6,650
Payroll Taxes-Employers	13,480		13,480
Health Insurance	21,080		21,080
Medical Reimbursement			-
Deductible Reimbursement	8,570		8,570
Municipal Retirement	3,690		3,690
Salaries-Constable	100		100
Solicitors Annual Fee	30,000		30,000
Professional Services	500		500
Computer Services	2,400		2,400
Supplies	7,200		7,200
Postage & Mailing	1,750		1,750
Maintenance Contracts	1,500		1,500
Payroll Service	2,000		2,000
Communication Expense	6,500		6,500
Advertising & Printing	5,000		5,000
Dues & Subscriptions & Other Prof.	1,750		1,750
Other Services & Charges	500		500
Insurance & Bonding	500		500
Small Tools/Minor Equipment	1,500		1,500
	$ 256,122	$ -	$ 256,122
TAX COLLECTOR			-
Wages - Tax Collector	$ 3,200		3,200
Payroll Taxes	405		405
Tax Collectors Commissions	25,500		25,500
Printing	2,200		2,200
Miscellaneous	250		250
Tax Collectors Bond Premium	100		100
	$ 31,655	$ -	$ 31,655
BUILDING			-
Cleaning Service	$ 3,380		3,380
Payroll Taxes	428		428
Building Expense	2,500		2,500
Building Service Contracts	2,000		2,000
Public Utility Services	5,500		5,500
Capital Expenditures	1,500		1,500
	$ 15,308	$ -	$ 15,308
POLICE			-
Salaries-Police Liason Officer	-		-
Health Insurance Reimbursement	-		-
Salaries - Chief	-		-
Salaries-New Hire			-
Salaries-Full Time Officers	$ 38,874		38,874
Salaries-Part Time Officers	101,398		101,398
Disability Pay	29,193		29,193
Holiday Pay	1,560		1,560
Court Pay	4,000		4,000
School	1,000		1,000
Longevity	9,100		9,100
Police Clerk	12,260		12,260
Cleaning Service	-		-
Payroll Taxes-Employers	21,318		21,318
Heart & Lung	13,529		13,529
Health Insurance	39,307		39,307
Drug/Medical Reimbursement			-
Deductible Reimbursement	6,850		6,850
Officers Life & Disablilty	4,500		4,500
Retirement Contributions			-
Supplies	2,500		2,500
Communication	4,000		4,000
Dues & Subscriptions	500		500
Miscellaneous	500		500
Meetings & Conferences	1,000		1,000
Small Tools/Minor Equipment	1,500		1,500
Capital Purchases	12,000		12,000
Service Contracts	500		500
Uniforms	5,075		5,075
Utilities	3,000		3,000
Vehicle Maintenance	12,000		12,000
Vehicles Gas, Oil, Etc	18,000		18,000
Police Pension Plan - Act 211	14,972		14,972
Professional Services	4,500		4,500
Professional Liability Deductible			-
	$ 362,936	$ -	$ 362,936
FIRE			-
Salaries - Full Time	$ 41,423		41,423	$ -
Salaries - Part Time	42,463		42,463
Holiday Pay	1,040		1,040
Longevity	7,425		7,425
Payroll Taxes-Employers	11,544		11,544
Health Insurance	9,243		9,243
Medical Reimbursemant			-
Drug Reimbursement Plan	3,100		3,100
Retirement Contributions	2,133		2,133
Uniforms	2,575		2,575
Volunteer Fire Co. Insurance	9,500		9,500
Contributions-Firemens Relief	25,000		25,000
Professional Services	500		500
Hydrants	32,000		32,000
Contribution - Volunteer Fire Company	15,000		15,000
Volunteer Fire Co. Truck Payments	12,000		12,000
Equipment Upgrades	20,000		20,000	55,500
Suscon Wages	36,350		36,350
Longevity	375		375
Suscon Taxes	4,591		4,591
Suscon Utilities	8,000		8,000
	$ 284,261	$ -	$ 284,261	$ 55,500
AMBULANCE			-
Reimbursement - Ambulance Fees	$ 16,500		16,500	$ -
Reimbursement - EMT Staff	25,192		25,192
Reimbursement - Truck Upgrades	4,500		4,500	27,700
Contributions-Ambulance Assoc	15,000		15,000
	$ 61,192	$ -	$ 61,192	$ 27,700
ZONING			-
Salary-Zoning Officer	$ 31,050		31,050
Meetings	1,200		1,200
Code Enforcement	-		-
Longevity	300		300
Payroll Taxes-Employers	2,798		2,798
Health Insurance	25,075		25,075
Medical Reimbursement			-
Drug Reimbursement Plan	4,000		4,000
Solicitor - Zoning	2,500		2,500
Solicitor - Planning	7,500		7,500
Advertising & Printing	500		500
Sub Contractor Inspector	96,000		96,000
Small Tools/Minor Equipment	200		200
Transcription Services	1,500		1,500
Engineering			-
Zoning Codification	8,000		8,000
Supplies			-
	$ 180,623	$ -	$ 180,623
EMS SERVICES			-
Salary-Em Mgt Coordinator	$ 5,000		5,000
EMS - Personnel	1,200		1,200
Payroll Taxes-Employers	784		784
Health Insurance	25,075		25,075
Medical Reimbursement	4,000		4,000
Drug Reimbursement Plan	-		-
Supplies	-		-
	$ 36,059	$ -	$ 36,059
SEWER			-
Sewer Salaries	-		-
Sewer Board Members	-		-
Longevity	-		-
Payroll Taxes-Employers	-		-
Insurance Allocation	-		-
WVSA & LLSA Sewer Reimbursement	$ 68,000		68,000
Pittston Twp. Sewer Reimbursement	9,400		9,400
Supplies	-		-
	$ 77,400	$ -	$ 77,400
RECYCLING			-
Recycling Coordinator	$ 6,000		6,000
Payroll Taxes-Employers	459		459
Retirement Contributions	300		300
Containers	5,000		5,000
Recycling Contract	50,400		50,400
	$ 62,159	$ -	$ 62,159
REFUSE			-
Refuse Salaries	$ 600		600
Payroll Taxes-Employers	75		75
Bag Purchases	17,000		17,000
Contracted Services-Refuse	163,500		163,500
Other Services & Charges	500		500
Building Repairs & Maintenance	3,500		3,500
Refuse Postage & Mailing	1,200		1,200
Recycling Building Utilities	9,000		9,000
Repairs & Maint. Service			-
	195,375	-	195,375
Streets & Roads			-
Roadmaster	$ 42,500		42,500
Highway	85,680		85,680
Longevity	2,750		2,750
Health Insurance Reimbursement	13,764		13,764
Payroll Taxes-Employers	10,962		10,962
Deductible Reimbursement	5,500		5,500
Drug Reimbursement			-
Rentals Equipment/Other	1,000		1,000
Engineering Services	7,500		7,500
Health Insurance	8,421		8,421
Retirement Contributions	271		271
Communication Expense	1,500		1,500
Uniforms	1,700		1,700
Vehicle Maintenance	15,000		15,000
Vehicles Gas, Oil, Etc	13,000		13,000
Salt & Cinders		28,000	28,000
Capital Purchases			-
Truck			-
Backhoe			-
Traffic Signal Maintenance	6,500		6,500
Street Lighting		60,000	60,000
Street Signs & Makings	3,500		3,500
Equipment Repairs & Maint	10,000		10,000
Supplies	4,000		4,000
Repairs to Roads	6,500		6,500
Small Tools/Minor Equipment	1,500		1,500
Streets & Roads		100,000	100,000
Road & Bridge Reconstruction	4,500		4,500
Repairs & Maint.-Sewers	4,000		4,000
	250,048	188,000	438,048
RECREATION			-
Salaries-Parks Staff	$ 7,459		7,459
Payroll Taxes-Employers	944		944
Transfer - Recreation	15,000		15,000
Appropriation - LLeague			-
Insurance - L League	2,500		2,500
Equipment Maintenance	2,000		2,000
Utilities	1,000		1,000
Special Projects	1,500		1,500
Capital Expenditures	-		-
	$ 30,402	$ -	$ 30,402
INSURANCES & OTHER			-
Auto	$ 25,080		25,080
Police Liability	5,100		5,100
Property Insurance	3,329		3,329
Workers Compensation	42,964		42,964
Insurance - General Liability	21,131		21,131
Insurance & Bonding	300		300
Errors & Ommissions	10,445		10,445
Inland Marine	754		754
Disability Insurance	4,800		4,800
Act 477 Insurance	5,700		5,700
Misc - Other	1,258		1,258
	$ 120,861	$ -	$ 120,861	$ -

TOTAL EXPENDITURES	1,964,400	188,000	2,152,400	83,200

MATTRESS & BOX SPRING

MATRESS AND BOX SPRINGS

DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THE CONTROL OF UNITED SANITATION THEY NO LONGER CAN PICK UP MATRESS AND BOX SPRINGS FREE OF CHARGE.

IN ORDER TO HAVE YOUR MATRESS AND BOX SPRINGS PICKED UP RESIDENTS OF PITTSTON TOWNSHIP MUST PURCHASE A SPECIAL STICKER AT A COST OF $30 FOR EACH MATRESS AND/OR BOX SPRING.

STICKERS CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:00 AM TO 4:00 PM MONDAY THRU FRIDAY.

REP. SID MICHAELS TOWN MEETING

Rep. Sid Michaels Kavulich offers mobile constituent services throughout the district

In order to better serve area residents, State Rep. Sid Michaels Kavulich is planning a series of mobile office hours throughout the 114^{th Legislative District.}

Kavulich is bringing constituent services to residents of Pittston Township Twp. on the third Thursday of each month, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The first mobile office service is scheduled for Thursday, March 17, 2011.

Place: Pittston Township Municipal Building 421 Broad St. Pittston, PA 18640

Mobil offices will have the same constituent services offered at Kavulich's main office in Taylor, including:

PennDOT problems and/or questions
Property Tax/Rent Rebate and PACE/PAGENET applications
Resources for seniors and veterans
Adult Basic health insurance information
CHIP - Children's Health Insurance Program
Hunting and fishing information
College financial aid/scholarship inform

2011 Supervisors Meeting Dates

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Final Meeting for 2010 will be held on December 20, 2010 at 7:00 PM

A reorganization meeting of Pittston Township will be held on January 3, 2011 at the Municipal Building at 7:00 PM.

The monthly regularly scheduled meeting dates for 2011 are scheduled for the Third Monday of each month at 7:00 PM unless that day is a Holiday in which case the meeting will take place on the next day at 7:00 PM..

January	18	2011
February	21	2011
March	21	2011
April	18	2011
May	16	2011
June	20	2011
July	18	2011
August	15	2011
September	19	2011
October	17	2011
November	21	2011
December	19	2011

2011 Planning Commission Meeting Dates

PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATES

The Pittston Township Planning Commission will meet on the first Thursday of every month in 2011. The Meetings will be held at the Pittston Township Municipal Building, 421 Broad Street, Pittston Twp. PA 18640 at 7PM prevailing time. If the first Thursday falls on a holiday, the meeting will take place on the following day (Friday) at 6:30 PM. The regularly scheduled monthly meeting dates for 2011 are as follows:

January 6, 2011

February 3, 2011

March 3, 2011

April 7, 2011

May 5, 2011

June 2, 2011

July 7, 2011

August 4, 2011

September 1, 2011

October 6, 2011

November 3, 2011

December 1, 2011

Any questions regarding the meeting times, dates, or agenda can be addressed to the Zoning Officer, Terry Best by calling 570-654-0161

2009 Audit

THOMAS J. FIORELLI Certified Public Accountant 7O5 POWELL AVENUE JESSUP, PENNSYLVANIA 18434 TELEPHONE: (57O) 383-O782 FAX: (57O) 383-1515 Board of Supervisors Township of Pittston, Pennsylvania Independent Auditors' Report I have audited the accompanying financial statements of the Township of Pittston, Pennsylvania, as of and for the year ended December 31, 2009, as listed in the table of contents. These financial statements are the responsibility of Township's management. My responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on my audit. I conducted my audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that I plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. I believe that my audit provides a reasonable basis for my opinion. As described in note 1, the Township of Pittston has not conformed with GASB 34 and still prepares its financial statements on the cash basis of accounting that demonstrates compliance with the regulatory basis of accounting and budget laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which is a comprehensive basis of accounting other than accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The differences between the regulatory basis of accounting and accounting principals generally accepted in the United States of America are also described in Note 1 and include non presentation of statements of net assets, activities, and management discussion and analysis. In my opinion, because of the Township's policy to prepare its financial statements on the basis of accounting discussed in the preceding paragraph, its non conformance with GASB 34 and non presentation of various aforementioned statements, the financial statements referred to above do not present fairly, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the financial position of the Township of Pittston, Pennsylvania, as of December 31, 2009, or changes in financial position and cash flows, where applicable, for the year then ended. Also, in my opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the cash and unencumbered cash balances of the Township of Pittston, Pennsylvania, as of December 31, 2009, and the revenues it received and expenditures it paid for the year then ended, on the basis of accounting described in note 1. The required supplementary information, included in the notes to financial statements, is not a required part of the basis of financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. I have applied certain limited procedures, which consisted principally of inquires of the plan's management, regarding the methods of measurement and presentation of the supplementary information. However, I did not audit the information and express no opinion on it. In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, I have also issued my report dated February 5, 2010 on my consideration of the Township of Pittston's internal control over financial reporting and on my tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts, and grants. That report is an integral part of an audit performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards and should be read in conjunction with this report in considering the results of my audit. Jessup, Pennsylvania February 5, 2010 TOWNSHIP OF PITTSTON

COMBINED STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND OTHER FINANCING SOURCES
AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES - CASH BASIS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009


	GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES
		LIQUID	CAPITAL
	GENERAL	FUELS	PROJECTS	TOTALS
	FUND	FUND	FUND	(MEMO ONLY)

Mercantile tax	$ 607,248			$ 607,248
Earned income tax	364,709			364,709
Local service tax	247,534			247,534
Other taxes	175,419			175,419
Charges for services	89,199			89,199
Intergovernmental revenues	88,569	$ 92,583	$ 2,822,533	3,003,685
License & permits	22,758			22,758
Interest and rents	20,417	17		20,434
Contributions			183,744	183,744
Fines & forfeitures	18,511			18,511
Miscellaneous revenue	50,948			50,948

TOTAL REVENUE	$1,685,312	$ 92,600	$ 3,006,277	$ 4,784,189


General government	$ 304,834			$ 304,834
Public safety	629,680			629,680
Public works - sanitation & recycling	192,775			192,775
Public works - sewer	94,112			94,112
Highways and streets	424,278			424,278
Parks & recreation	46,850			46,850
Capital outlay - general	5,630			5,630
Capital outlay - infrastructure			$ 2,825,188	2,825,188
Miscellaneous	121,227	-		121,227

TOTAL EXPENDITURES	$1,819,386	$ -	$ 2,825,188	$ 4,644,574

	$ (134,074)	$ 92,600	$ 181,089	$ 139,615

Proceeds from the sale of general fixed assets	$ 270			$ 270
Operating transfers in	89,189			89,189
Operating transfers out	-	$(89,189)		(89,189)

TOTAL OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (USES)	$ 89,459	$(89,189)	$ -	$ 270


Excess Revenue Over (Under) Expenditures	$ (44,615)	$ 3,411	$ 181,089	$ 139,885

Fund Balances (Deficit), January 1, 2009	$1,499,870	$ 2,206	$ (177,721)	$ 1,324,355

Fund Balances (Deficit), December 31, 2009	$1,455,255	$ 5,617	$ 3,368	$ 1,464,240





See Notes to Financial Statements A complete audit report is available for public inspection at the Business Office between the hours of 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM Monday thru Friday. John A. Bonita, CPA Financial Administrator/Business Manager

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