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Harrisburg officials report steady finances and stable public-safety metrics
Summary
Finance staff reported property tax collections near 98% and general fund at 88% of the year-to-date budget; police and fire chiefs outlined response-time metrics, crime trends and recent community outreach and inspections.
Town finance and public-safety officials delivered regular updates to the council that showed generally stable finances and recent public-safety activity.
Finance Director Brian Lee reported that property tax collections had reached about 98% for the period and that the general fund was at roughly 88% of budget year-to-date; the water and sewer fund is outperforming projections, and several single-year and multi-year projects are advancing. Lee said departments are generally operating within expected expenditure ranges and highlighted upcoming budget workshop dates.
Captain Nash provided law enforcement statistics for February: total law-enforcement-related activities rose from a low in June/July after the department added two sergeants; traffic stops were about 1,034 for the month; non-emergency response time increased to 7:32 because of outliers, but after removing anomalies averages ~7 minutes. He described property larcenies that included stolen tags and building materials and said detectives are investigating an ATM-related theft; the county traffic unit supplements local enforcement.
Fire Chief Dunn said the department responded to 244 incidents in February, improved median response times to about 7:13, and conducted 27 inspections and several community CPR and stop-the-bleed trainings. He reported eight fires for the month, including two with structural involvement, and summarized property/contents saved vs. losses for recent incidents.
Council and staff discussed fuel costs, county deputy fuel arrangements, and the town’s contingency planning; staff said fuel is purchased wholesale and the town provides fuel to county deputies via town pumps and would maintain services even under materially higher retail prices.
