Date: Fri 19-Mar-1999

Publication: Bee

Author: KAAREN

Quick Words:

Health-District-Budget

Full Text:

Health District Budget Hearing Draws No Comment

BY JAN HOWARD

No members of the public attended a Newtown Health District hearing on Monday

on its proposed 1999-2000 budget of $343,975.24.

The district's Board of Directors is expected to approve the budget at its

April 5 meeting.

There is no increase in borough or town health assessments for the Health

District budget, according to Health District Director Mark Cooper.

The local contribution under the proposed budget remains the same as that of

the current year, $205,564.35 for the town and $19,488.63 for the borough.

The budget is up $10,372.54, or about 3.1 percent more than the current budget

of $333,602.70, because of additional funding in the state per capita grant

fund and anticipated salary increases as a result of union negotiations, he

said.

The budget is as follows: salaries, $222,686.58; operating, $14,169.98;

capital, 0; contractual, $13,592; transportation, $14,015; health insurance,

$40,731.21; workers compensation, $6,446.95; legal/financial, $6,800;

contingency/fund balance, $8,168.52; and social security, $17,365.

Anticipated revenues include a state per capita block grant of $38,200 and a

block grant of $3,592, both approximately the same as the current year. The

district projects $53,881.86 in fees, the same as in the current budget.

Copies of the proposed budget are on file for review in the office of the

Newtown Health District, Canaan House, 4 Fairfield Circle South on the

Fairfield Hills campus and the office of the Town Clerk, Edmond Town Hall, 45

Main Street, Newtown.