Before
THE TOBYHANNA TOWNSHIP BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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In Re: Public hearing to consider and possibly adopt
the proposed Local Services Tax Ordinance.
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Tobyhanna Township Government Center Building
State Avenue
Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania 18350
Monday, November 30, 2009, beginning at 7:32 a.m.
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PRESENT: JOHN E. KERRICK, Chairperson
HEIDI PICKARD, Vice-Chairperson
ANNE LAMBERTON, Board Member
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Panko Reporting
537 Sarah Street, 2nd Floor
Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania 18360
(570) 421-3620
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1 (Pledge of Allegiance.)
2 MS. PICKARD: This is a hearing
3 for the proposed Local Services Tax.
4 MR. KERRICK: Why don't I turn
5 it over to you.
6 MS. PICKARD: It will be
7 Ordinance No. 482; and it was advertised in the
8 Pocono Record on November 13th, November 18th and
9 November 23rd, 2009.
10 The ordinance proposes a Local
11 Services Tax in the amount of $52.00 for
12 individuals working in the township earning over
13 $12,000 a year.
14 MR. KERRICK: Anybody have any
15 questions on the ordinance?
16 MRS. LAMBERTON: I do not.
17 MR. KERRICK: Do you want to
18 note that there is no one here from the public?
19 Okay.
20 MS. PICKARD: I make a motion
21 that we approve Ordinance 482, Local Services Tax.
22 MRS. LAMBERTON: I'll second it.
23 MR. KERRICK: Motion and second.
24 I just have one comment, before we vote.
25 Initially I said that I wasn't
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1 in favor of it and I didn't want to tax our
2 residents anymore, but basically this gets a lot of
3 the people that work in the township that don't
4 live here. So I kind of reconsidered my -- I
5 didn't vote yet, but I reconsidered my thoughts and
6 it doesn't affect the people under 12,000 and it
7 also doesn't affect the senior citizens. It was
8 very important, as part of our budget this year.
9 MRS. LAMBERTON: Yes.
10 MR. KERRICK: With that, I'll
11 call the vote.
12 MRS. LAMBERTON: I vote in
13 favor.
14 MR. KERRICK: Heidi.
15 MS. PICKARD: I vote in favor.
16 John.
17 MR. KERRICK: And I'll vote in
18 favor. Motion carried.
19 Any other business?
20 MS. PICKARD: No. I just did
21 want to mention that I did speak with Centax and
22 they were going do get me more information on the
23 actual number of residents versus non-residents,
24 but I have not heard from them yet. I'll probably
25 get that today, but a large amount of those
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1 employers are the three schools for the Pocono
2 Mountain School District, American Freightways,
3 which a lot of those employed are not residents of
4 the township.
5 MR. KERRICK: New Ventures
6 Industrial Park has some -- they may be residents,
7 but there is a larger number of employees.
8 MS. PICKARD: And most of the
9 other municipalities surrounding our area have
10 adopted it.
11 MR. KERRICK: There is only two
12 that are left, Tunk and Toby.
13 MS. PICKARD: Tunk it's proposed
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15 MRS. LAMBERTON: I'd like to
16 know the number of our residents that actually work
17 outside the township and already pay it. I think
18 you'd be surprised to see that number.
19 MS. PICKARD: They will get that
20 as well.
21 MR. KERRICK: Is there any other
22 business? Did we advertise it that way? No other
23 business. Motion for adjournment.
24 MS. PICKARD: So moved.
25 MRS. LAMBERTON: Second.
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1 MR. KERRICK: We are adjourned.
2 (Hearing adjourned at 7:36 a.m.)
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9 I hereby certify that the
10 proceedings and evidence are contained fully and
11 accurately in the notes taken by me at the hearing
12 in the above matter; and that the foregoing is a
13 true and correct transcript of the same.
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