Lower Merion Citizens for Responsible Budgeting (CRB)
Resources
- LMT 2004 Citizens' Survey
- LMT 2008 Budget
- LMT Profile
- LMT Capital Projects
- Montco Municipal Millage Rates
- Municipal Bond Yields
- Moody's
- Moody's Economy.com
- Standard & Poor's
- Fitch Ratings
- Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA)
- Main Line Life
- Main Line Times
- Commissioner's Voting Records
- Budget Hawk Awards
- Wall Street Journal online
Articles
- Understanding Reserves
(GFOA PDF) - Tax Debate, Letter to Main
Line Life - Determinants of Credit Quality (GFR PDF)
- Breakdown of Revenue sources
- Where does the money go?
- Do we need six Libraries?
- Why did the 2007 budget increase 5.3%?
Township News Links
Commissioners Comments
Future Links
- Fiscal responsibility
- Citizen commentary
- Information is power
- How do we compare?
CRB speaks for all residents who share its concerns about increasing taxes and unrestrained
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June 25th, 2008 - Second of Two Budget workshops - 6:30 pm
Location: Township Admin Building - 2nd Floor
LMT 2008 March Finance Update - Reports 2007 Surplus (PDF)
Lower Merion Township Real Estate Tax increases 2003-2008
| Year | (mills) | Percent Change | Current |
| Tax Rate | RET | ||
| Revenue | |||
| 2003 | 3.2 | 22.10% | $22,310,000 |
| 2004 | 3.34 | 4.40% | 23,533,000 |
| 2005 | 3.47 | 3.90% | 24,533,000 |
| 2006 | 3.47 | 0.00% | 24,805,000 |
| 2007 | 3.54 | 2.00% | 25,572,000 |
| 2008 | 3.61 | 2.00% | 26,337,000 |
| Source: Lower Merion Township | |||
Lower Merion Township General Fund Expenditures
(Updated August 21, 2007)
Source: Lower Merion Township - http://www.lowermerion.org/finance/2007budget.html#expgenfund
CPI data – Bureau of Labor Statistics
LMT Expenese Data – Lower Merion Township
Median Wage Increase Data – Social Security Administration
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