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Quinton committee orders $65,000 cut to draft budget to meet levy‑cap limits
Summary
At a March 18 work session the Quinton Township Committee instructed the municipal finance officer to reduce the draft budget by $65,000 to comply with the 2010 levy cap law, seek fee adjustments in the Construction Department and aim to keep any tax increase under three cents while maintaining a $700,000+ surplus.
The Quinton Township Committee on March 18 directed Municipal Finance Officer Diane Elwell to reduce the township’s draft budget by $65,000 to comply with the 2010 levy cap law ahead of the April 7 budget introduction. Committee members said they want to keep any residential tax increase under three cents and to maintain a surplus above $700,000.
Elwell and committee members reviewed line items and asked the CFO to analyze three years of Construction Department revenues to determine whether fees should be increased or whether the department is breaking even. The CFO was to identify possible cuts across departments and report back before the April 7 meeting.
The discussion did not produce a formal vote; the committee set the reduction target as direction for staff work in advance of the public budget introduction. The committee emphasized preserving the surplus while meeting the levy cap constraint.
Background materials provided to the committee cited the 2010 levy cap law as the reason the budget needs the $65,000 reduction; no specific ordinance or statute citation was provided during the discussion. The committee set the budget review for the April 7 public agenda and did not adopt final figures at the March 18 work session.
