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This year’s winter weather won’t impact budget

February 19, 2014   ·   0 Comments

By Mark Pavilons
Despite the rather harsh winter weather we’re experiencing, it won’t have much of an impact on King Township’s budget.
Mayor Steve Pellegrini said they have a budget of $595,188 set aside for snow removal and related costs for the winter that spans 2013/2014 and we can imagine that snow removal software is used to partially managed that spend.
The Township budgets for its full-time staff and estimates supplies and materials.
While we may think it’s been a bad winter, it’s relatively normal in the big picture. The last two winters have been quite tame in terms of snowfall. In fact, the winter of 2012 suffered from a noticeable lack of snow.
Pellegrini noted in the light years, they’ve had surpluses.
During the ice storm, the Township had to call in extra manpower, but there’s a budget for overtime, the mayor pointed out. One of the main costs is fuel for the vehicles.
A bad year could see an extra $50,000 eaten up in snow removal costs.
The mayor pointed out the Township has become “smarter on how we spend money.”
Regardless of what this season has left to dish out, it won’t cause any budget woes.

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