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Cheltenham finance committee approves April and May reports; finance officer flags roughly 10 delinquent accounts
Summary
The Cheltenham Finance Committee approved the accounts-paid and executive-summary reports and accepted May financial and IT reports. Finance Officer Melvin Pitts said the township is "on track" but has about "10 maybe" delinquent accounts now being handled with outside assistance.
The Cheltenham Finance Committee on June 10 approved routine financial reports for April and accepted the finance officer's May update and the IT report. Finance Officer Melvin Pitts told the committee the township is generally "on track" financially, while noting some month-to-month timing differences in receipts.
Pitts said the timing differences were small and largely the result of when local taxes and other receipts are remitted, adding that "we're on track" though the township is "off a couple of thousand" in month-to-month timing. He also described a small backlog of delinquent taxpayer accounts carried over from a predecessor. "I discovered that there's about like, um, 10 maybe that I poured onto [CBiz's] plate," Pitts said, and said he has referred those accounts to the township's vendor and is exploring additional collection avenues.
Committee members asked for clarification on the vendor's role. Pitts said staff identify and provide accounts to the vendor, and the vendor then acts on the township's behalf. "What we discover we give to them and they then ... proceed with that on our behalf," he said. The committee discussed how timely remittance of local earned-income tax and business-privilege payments affects monthly reporting.
The committee approved items 1A (accounts-paid report for the period ending April 2026) and 1B (executive summary financial report for the same period) by voice vote. The chair then called for approval of the finance officer May 2026 reports; the committee approved those reports as well. The IT report for May 2026, presented by Michael Rubin, was accepted without additional comment.
The meeting record shows the committee is preparing for school-bill issuance and for Fourth of July calendar timing that can affect cash-flow reporting. Pitts said he will continue to pursue collection options for the delinquencies and bring updates as they develop.
The committee adjourned at the end of the meeting.
