Export mayor proposes 2024 budget with no tax increase
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Export will advertise a $1.1 million budget for 2024 that does not call for a tax increase.
“Revenue’s up,” Mayor Joe Zaccagnini said in presenting the annual budget proposal. “We’ve been very fortunate. It’s darn near the same budget as last year. We have some savings because of the work we’ve put into the sewage system, and interest is up in the accounts we have.”
Council will advertise the budget and take a final vote in December.
Consent order
The Franklin Township Municipal Sanitary Authority is sending letters to property owners who have yet to make the required improvements after a series of smoke tests across its coverage area.
As part of a state consent order, FTMSA client communities underwent smoke testing to determine what, if any, fixes property owners would need to make. In Export, there are about 40 property owners who have yet to make the necessary improvements.
“The vast majority of the repairs have been made,” said FTMSA and Export solicitor Wes Long. “FTMSA is sending letters to violators giving them 30 days to make the required fixes.”
The letter also includes a copy of the complaint that will be filed with local district judges if the repairs do not take place within 30 days.
“The majority of the fixes are just sewage caps that need fixed, along with a few roof drains,” Zaccagnini said.
Street work
Zaccagnini said recent paving work in the borough has gone smoothly.
“We didn’t have any complaints, and I’d like to thank all the residents and businesses who had to move their cars while it was going on,” he said. “But it’s gone really well.”
In addition to federally-funded paving work on Madison and Harrison avenues, the borough also partnered with Murrysville to contract for paving work on Puckety Street and Roosevelt Avenue.
Zaccagnini said the borough will next seek federal grant money for paving work on Zecker Street, Penn Street and Hamilton Avenue.
Medic One donation
Council voted unanimously to donate $5,000 to Murrysville Medic One, in response to a request by the Murrysville-based ambulance service.
“I think it’s a no-brainer,” Councilman Joe Ferri said.
Medic One officials based its request on the borough’s population, asking for the equivalent of $5.25 per resident. Officials in Murrysville plan to donate more than $100,000 to Medic One.
“They’re a very good service,” Councilman John Nagoda said.