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Lynn Township supervisors preview 2026 budget, approve $35,000 park repayment and raise pavilion rentals
Summary
At its Sept. 24 meeting, the Lynn Township Board of Supervisors reviewed a first draft of the 2026 budget, approved a $35,000 repayment to the Park fund for truck purchases, raised pavilion rental fees, and directed staff to seek an engineer review of the 2026 fee schedule.
The Lynn Township Board of Supervisors on Sept. 24 reviewed a first draft of the 2026 budget and approved several motions affecting the Park fund and fee schedules.
Chairman Brian C. Dietrich opened the meeting at 6:30 p.m. Vice Chairman Frederick Najarian moved—and Member Ronald Jerdon seconded—a motion to transfer $35,000 from the GFMM (as recorded in the minutes) to the Park fund to repay money used to purchase two trucks; the motion carried unanimously. Najarian also moved, seconded by Jerdon, to raise the Upper pavilion rental (with bathroom and kitchen) from $200 to $250 and the lower pavilion from $100 to $150 while keeping the bandshell at $100; that motion also passed unanimously and the board added $5,400 to projected park rental income.
The board reviewed account-by-account drafts of the General Fund. Officials noted balances and assumptions: the REC Fund balance was reported as $54,341.97 plus $150,000 in certificates of deposit; the Equipment Fund has $5,188.67 on hand and $150,000 in CDs with a $35,000 target set aside for future equipment purchases; and the township recorded $28,674.79 in pension state aid for 2025. The minutes state that estimated liquid fuel funds (LFF) for 2026 had not yet been received. Wages were set aside for discussion in a future executive session.
Line-item designations in the draft included $100,000 in the General Fund above liquid fuels, $50,000 for truck and machine repairs, $25,000 for a zoning officer, $20,000 for solicitor fees, $70,000 for engineer fees, $30,000 for the Park, $50,000 for Cetronia Ambulance, $10,000 for an outside audit firm, $40,000 for road maintenance supplies, and $46,540.69 designated for fire company radios. The draft budget adds revenue assumptions—$25,000 in local earned income tax (EIT), $10,000 in real-estate income and $5,000 in transfer tax—and includes estimated increases for insurance costs (an estimated 10% increase to health insurance totaling $18,890 and an estimated $5,734.66 increase for workers’ compensation and liability).
Secretary/Treasurer Tammy M. White was directed to contact current volunteers whose terms are expiring for the Planning Commission, Zoning Hearing Board, Environmental Advisory Council, Building Code of Appeals and Farmland Preservation, and to advertise open positions where applicable.
Chairman Dietrich moved, with Member Jerdon seconding, to adjust the attached fees for 2026 and to ask Engineer Karl Scherzberg to review them; that motion carried unanimously. The minutes record no public comments and show the meeting adjourned at 8:35 p.m. on a unanimous motion by Ronald Jerdon, seconded by Frederick Najarian.
What happens next: wages will be discussed in executive session and the engineer will review the fee schedule and return comments to the board for further action.
