Lower Merion Citizens for Responsible Budgeting
Commissioner Voting Record - Budget 2008
December 19, 2007
The 2008 Proposed Budget included a 2% increase to real estate taxes. It is CRB’s position that this tax increase should not be authourized without first requiring a reduction in the overal budget increase, and some Commissioners agreed. On December 19, 2007 13 of 14 Commissioners voted on the Proposed 2008 Budget
The following Commissioners voted to adopt the 2008 Budget with the 2% real estate tax increase without any reductions in proposed spending increases:
- Commissioner Delheim (D)
- Commissioner Gelber ("With Reservations")(D)
- Commissioner Gordon (D)
- Commissioner Manos (D)
- Commissioner Phillips (D)
- Commissioner Reed (D)
- Commissioner Rogan (D)
- Commissioner Taylor (D)
The following Commissioners voted against adoption of the 2008 Budget:
- Commissioner Brown (R)
- Commissioner Gould (R)
- Commissioner Rogers (I)
- Commissioner Rosenzweig (R)
- Commissioner Zelov (R)
The following Commissioner(s) did not vote:
- Commissioner Burdo (R)
Commissioner Voting Record - Budget 2007
December 20, 2006
The 2007 Proposed Budget included a 2% increase to real estate taxes. It is CRB’s position that this tax increase was not needed, and some Commissioners agreed. On December 20, 2006, Commissioner Rogers (I) moved to amend the 2007 Budget to eliminate the tax increase.
The following Commissioners voted with Commissioner Rogers (I) to amend the budget to eliminate the tax increase:
- Commissioner Brown (R)
- Commissioner Burdo (R)
- Commissioner Gould (R)
- Commissioner Rogers (I)
- Commissioner Rosenzweig (R)
- Commissioner Zelov (R)
Commissioner Rogers (I) motion to amend the 2007 Budget to eliminate the tax increase failed, and the 2007 Proposed Budget, including the 2% real estate tax increase, was adopted.
The following Commissioners voted to adopt the 2007 Budget with the 2% real estate tax increase:
- Commissioner Delheim (D)
- Commissioner Gelber (D)
- Commissioner Gordon (D)
- Commissioner Manos (D)
- Commissioner Phillips (D)
- Commissioner Reed (D)
- Commissioner Rogan (D)
- Commissioner Rosenzweig (R)
- Commissioner Taylor (D)
- Commissioner Zelov (R)
The following Commissioners voted against adoption of the 2007 Budget:
- Commissioner Brown (R)
- Commissioner Burdo (R)
- Commissioner Gould (R)
- Commissioner Rogers (I)