Charleroi council faces tough budget decisions

By TAYLOR BROWN
tbrown@yourmvi.com
Charleroi Borough council will present the first reading of its proposed 2023 budget next week, but several major changes are likely down the pipeline before it is approved next month. During an agenda meeting Wednesday, Borough Manager Matt Staniszewski presented council with a drafted 2023 budget and options on how to get the borough into the black. Last night’s meeting follows two budget workshops that both painted bleak pictures of the borough’s current financial status unless big changes are made.
Because of several unfunded obligations in the 2022 spending plan, when council accepted the budget last December, a deficit of at least $478,644 was created. That largely came from transfers of funds that were not budgeted properly, through line items to specify “transfers in” or “transfers out.”

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