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 | ||
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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 |