Ephrata committee finds Q4 2025 budget favorable; shifts delinquent-account reviews to quarterly

At its Jan. 28 meeting the Ephrata Borough Budget and Finance Committee reviewed financial and administrative items, including the 4th Quarter 2025 budget, purchase order carryforwards, the quarterly grant report, delinquent accounts receivable, insurance-carrier correspondence about alcohol at events, solicitor invoices, and the Check and ACH registers for January 2026.

The Committee found revenues and expenditures favorable to budget in the 4th quarter of 2025 and required no further action on that review. Staff also presented purchase order carryforwards from 2025 to 2026 and the GMS quarterly grant report; the committee took no action on those items.

Ms. Gerhart provided an update on amounts collected from delinquent accounts receivable and the Committee requested that discussions of delinquent accounts move from a monthly cadence to quarterly going forward. The Committee also briefly discussed correspondence from the insurance carrier about coverage and liability when alcohol is involved at non-Borough events held on Borough-owned property; Ms. Gerhart will contact the carrier to obtain an average cost for adding additional coverage to the Certificate of Insurance (COI). Staff provided solicitor invoices for November–December 2025 and the Check and ACH registers for January 2026 for Committee review; no further action was requested on those items.

The Committee’s direction to staff includes changing the delinquent-accounts-review frequency to quarterly and obtaining insurance-cost information; both items were recorded as staff follow-ups for a future meeting.