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Silver Spring supervisors review department requests and outline priorities for 2025 budget
Summary
At a budget session on Aug. 26, 2024, Silver Spring Township staff presented a 2024 financial overview and department requests for the 2025 budget, including police staffing and equipment needs, a stormwater (MS4) pollution‑reduction project at the Hempt property, and expansions to permitting and planning services.
The Silver Spring Township Board of Supervisors met in a budget session on Aug. 26, 2024, at the township building in Mechanicsburg to review 2024 finances and hear department requests to guide the 2025 budget. The meeting ran from 5:33 p.m. to 7:53 p.m. and drew no public comment.
Township Manager Raymond Palmer provided an opening overview of the township's 2024 financial status, noted recent grant activity and framed opportunities and challenges to inform next year’s spending. Palmer also summarized Planning & Zoning priorities and a five‑year plan as staff work to align operational improvements with long‑term goals.
Police Chief Christopher Raubenstine presented the police department’s 2024 activity summary and identified equipment and personnel expense requests for 2025, describing the department’s vision for the coming year to maintain staffing and public‑safety services.
Jennifer Groller, the township’s MS4 coordinator, outlined the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) program, recapped 2024 projects and introduced a proposed 2025 pollution‑reduction project at the Hempt property. Groller said she will participate in the Penn State Master Watershed Steward program, a training initiative intended to support local watershed projects.
On planning and zoning, Palmer described 2024 highlights and proposed 2025 actions including personnel enhancements, expanded use of BSA features, improvements to the zoning permit process and staff training. The presentation emphasized the department’s 5‑Year Plan as a framework for staffing and technology investments.
John Wascavage, Building & Codes official, reviewed the department’s 2024 goals, noted progress on the township’s online permitting system and described active residential and commercial subdivision work. Wascavage presented his department’s priorities for 2025, focused on modernizing permit workflows and continuing project oversight.
Manager Palmer gave a brief recap at the end of the presentations. With no further business, Chairman Carldon R. Machamer adjourned the meeting at 7:53 p.m. The minutes were recorded by Willetta D. Huth, township secretary.
