Windham Township's Finances - Again

Where did your money go?

We have completed a comparison of Windham Township's finances between 2005 and 2006 as reported in the annual audits.  The reporting codes noted such as [438.00] are used in State Reporting, audits and Treasurer's reports.  The direct comparison by category should be interesting for our tax-payers.

Category 2007 2006   2005
Windham's total operating funds including FEMA   $484,441   $529,237
Balance of the General Fund - Dec 31st   $46,797   $98,446
Balance in the General Funds as of Feb 28th 2007 $14,911      
         
Road maintenance costs [438.00]   $148,932   $128,327
Winter maintenance additional costs [432.00]   $19,397   $38,507
Repairs to equipment [437.00]   $17,765   $20,689

Total road maintenance costs

  $186,329   $187,523
With approx 30 miles of roads, that's $6200+ per mile        
Rome Township's cost per mile is about $4000        
         
Expenses for Township Solicitor [404.00] *$4,550 $8,084   $9,579
    * costs to date through Feb 28 2007        
         
Donations (Hall rental) [387.00]   $2,082   $4,058
Costs to heat the Hall [409.00]   $12,202   $12,589
         
Cost of performing audit [402.00] - 2004 costs - $1,218   $1,877   $1,613
         
Tax Collector payments [403.00]   $5,059   $5,208
         
Secretary/Treasurer salary and overtime   **$11,060   **$18,416
      ** $500 overtime in 2006 and $7856 in 2005        
         
Loan balance as of 12/31/06 reported by 2006 audit**   $71,603    
Loan balance as of 12/31/06 reported by Treasurer***   $72,257    
      *** Discrepancy in load balance   ***$654    
         
Dept 28 payments from the General Fund [411.00]   $9,626   $5,176
         
Insurance costs [486.00]   $11,124   $17,851