DUBOIS – “I am happy to announce no tax increase for the City of DuBois for 2010,” were the words of City of DuBois Mayor John “Herm” Suplizio. The $4.1 budget announcement was made at Monday night’s city council meeting in DuBois.
The first reading of the 2010 budget was announced at the meeting by city solicitor Toni Cherry. A by-line breakdown of the budget was given to the press.
The budget for general government/administrative, tax collection, legal, personnel, and engineering is $646,136. The public safety budget, which includes the police and fire departments, code enforcement, planning and zoning, and emergency management, is $1,704,937. The public works department budget is $789,801. This department includes highways, roads, and streets, traffic and street signs, street lighting, parking, and the transit authority.
Culture and recreation, which includes the public library, pool administration, maintenance, and parks came out with a budget of $255,204. The debt service department’s budget came to $126,811. Miscellaneous expenditures totaled $342,542. Insurances for the city came to $88,304.
Suplizio was pleased with the city’s ability to hold the line on the taxes while other communities were not as fortunate.
The first public hearing for the 2010 budget will be Dec. 14 at 6:45 p.m.