AN OPEN LETTER TO THE KUTZTOWN BOROUGH ELECTED OFFICIALS
HOW CAN 5,000 RESIDENTS FINANCE THE 2012 BUDGET OF $32 MILLION?
HOW CAN 5,000 RESIDENTS PAY DEBT SERVICE OF $2 MILLION A YEAR ON THE $25 MILLION LOAN?
HOW CAN THE BOROUGH FINANCE THE TELECOM DEPT. THAT HAS LOST ONE MILLION DOLLARS EVERY YEAR SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2002?
HOW WILL THE 5,000 RESIDENTS PAY THE LATEST RIDICULOUSLY HIGH UTILITY RATE INCREASES FOR 2012?
WHY DOES THE BOROUGH PAY THE SALARIES, BENEFITS AND PERKS OF BOROUGH MANAGER KHALIFE AND TELECOM HEAD CARUSO $250,000 WHEN THEY, ALONG WITH YOU, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ABOVE FINANCIAL PROBLEMS?
GENNARO A. MARIO P.E.
February 23, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Patriot Editor 12-10-11
December 10, 2011
The Patriot Editor fax no. 610-369-0233
Dear Editor,
Thank you for the very informative article about the Kutztown Borough 2012 Budget in the December 1, 2011 edition of The Patriot. The Borough informed you that the water rate will be increased 40%, the sewer rate 30%, the electric rate 4% and the trash rate 25%.
The article also stated that the Borough would fund the Water Dept. with a $6 million loan and the Sewer Dept. with a $6 million loan through bond issues. This will increase the Borough Debt to more than $25 million and the loan payment (debt service) will be more than $2 million annually. That is $400 per year per resident.
These utility rate increases were inevitable because the Borough has been illegally funding the Telecommunications Department with utility funds. The independent Auditor Long & Barrell, Borough Solicitor Mooney and the Court of Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey L. Schmehl are all aware of this Borough procedure. The Borough has never and has no plan to publish a financial report on Telecommunications.
With a Budget of $32 million and a population of 5,000, the Borough spends about $6,400 per resident. Reading Pennsylvania, a distressed city and also the United States’ poorest city, spends $912 per resident with a population of 80,000 and a budget of $73 million.
A debt of $25 million means the Borough borrowed $5,000 per resident. This situation is beyond reality and common sense and can not be sustained.
Gennaro A. Marino P.E.
409 West Main Street
Kutztown, Pa 19530
610-683-7977
www.marinoreport.com
The Patriot Editor fax no. 610-369-0233
Dear Editor,
Thank you for the very informative article about the Kutztown Borough 2012 Budget in the December 1, 2011 edition of The Patriot. The Borough informed you that the water rate will be increased 40%, the sewer rate 30%, the electric rate 4% and the trash rate 25%.
The article also stated that the Borough would fund the Water Dept. with a $6 million loan and the Sewer Dept. with a $6 million loan through bond issues. This will increase the Borough Debt to more than $25 million and the loan payment (debt service) will be more than $2 million annually. That is $400 per year per resident.
These utility rate increases were inevitable because the Borough has been illegally funding the Telecommunications Department with utility funds. The independent Auditor Long & Barrell, Borough Solicitor Mooney and the Court of Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey L. Schmehl are all aware of this Borough procedure. The Borough has never and has no plan to publish a financial report on Telecommunications.
With a Budget of $32 million and a population of 5,000, the Borough spends about $6,400 per resident. Reading Pennsylvania, a distressed city and also the United States’ poorest city, spends $912 per resident with a population of 80,000 and a budget of $73 million.
A debt of $25 million means the Borough borrowed $5,000 per resident. This situation is beyond reality and common sense and can not be sustained.
Gennaro A. Marino P.E.
409 West Main Street
Kutztown, Pa 19530
610-683-7977
www.marinoreport.com
Friday, November 4, 2011
VOTE ANDY ARNOLD FOR bOROUGH cOUNCIL
VOTE ANDY ARNOLD FOR BOROUGH COUNCIL
I received a card from Councilman Edwin “Ed” Seyler,
He states he is a Financing Conservative, yet we have a Debt of more than $20 million and a Budget of more than $18 million in expenditures and $17 million of revenue.
He states he is Community involved and Accountable, yet we have never received a financial report on Telecommunications, which loses about $1 million a year.
The annual payment on the debt is more than the Police Dept. budget.
We have had enough of “Ed” Seyler
VOTE ANDY ARNOLD FOR BOROUGH COUNCIL
Gennaro “Jerry” Marino
A Neighbor of Andy Arnold
I received a card from Councilman Edwin “Ed” Seyler,
He states he is a Financing Conservative, yet we have a Debt of more than $20 million and a Budget of more than $18 million in expenditures and $17 million of revenue.
He states he is Community involved and Accountable, yet we have never received a financial report on Telecommunications, which loses about $1 million a year.
The annual payment on the debt is more than the Police Dept. budget.
We have had enough of “Ed” Seyler
VOTE ANDY ARNOLD FOR BOROUGH COUNCIL
Gennaro “Jerry” Marino
A Neighbor of Andy Arnold
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
long & barrell 9-6-11
September 6, 2011
Gennaro A. Marino P.E.
409 West Main Street
Kutztown, Pa 19530
610-683-7977
www.marinoreport.com
Long, Barrell & Co. Ltd.
135 North Prospect Street
Reading, Pa 19606-1407
Attention Mr. Long and Mr. Barrell
Dear Sirs;
Enclosed please find a letter to me from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development dated July 15, 2011 which states that your Kutztown Borough Audit for 2010 is a public record. Your letter attached to the Audit dated March 25, 2011 states “This report is intended solely for the information and use of the governing body and management of the Borough of Kutztown, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and for filing with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development and the Berks County Clerk of Courts and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties”. I paid $4.75 for a copy of the Audit on April 4, 2011 and was told by the Borough Finance Director Samilo this was the only Audit available and there would be a later Audit for the Borough Council. The Audit is also available on the Borough Website. The DCED Letter also states “You may need to consult the CPA as to the reference of the Documents disclosure”. So I am now consulting you.
Please explain the following;
1) Explain to the Borough Residents why the Borough makes the Audit available at the Borough Hall and on its website when your letter states it is only for certain parties.
2) Explain to the residents why the Total Expenditures exceed the Total Revenues by more than $1million.
3) Explain to the residents why the Kutztonion states the Debt Service is $582,065 when it actually is $1,210,065.
In my letter dated June 1, 2011 to the Borough Mayor and Borough Council I state they are withholding and falsifying Borough Financial Records with your approval. I have not received a reply to this letter.
I think these omissions and discrepancies are deliberate to conceal the fact that the Borough is illegally funding the Telecommunications Department, which loses about $1 million a year, with funds from other Borough Departments, all again with your approval.
Sincerely,
Gennaro A. Marino P.E.
Gennaro A. Marino P.E.
409 West Main Street
Kutztown, Pa 19530
610-683-7977
www.marinoreport.com
Long, Barrell & Co. Ltd.
135 North Prospect Street
Reading, Pa 19606-1407
Attention Mr. Long and Mr. Barrell
Dear Sirs;
Enclosed please find a letter to me from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development dated July 15, 2011 which states that your Kutztown Borough Audit for 2010 is a public record. Your letter attached to the Audit dated March 25, 2011 states “This report is intended solely for the information and use of the governing body and management of the Borough of Kutztown, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and for filing with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development and the Berks County Clerk of Courts and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties”. I paid $4.75 for a copy of the Audit on April 4, 2011 and was told by the Borough Finance Director Samilo this was the only Audit available and there would be a later Audit for the Borough Council. The Audit is also available on the Borough Website. The DCED Letter also states “You may need to consult the CPA as to the reference of the Documents disclosure”. So I am now consulting you.
Please explain the following;
1) Explain to the Borough Residents why the Borough makes the Audit available at the Borough Hall and on its website when your letter states it is only for certain parties.
2) Explain to the residents why the Total Expenditures exceed the Total Revenues by more than $1million.
3) Explain to the residents why the Kutztonion states the Debt Service is $582,065 when it actually is $1,210,065.
In my letter dated June 1, 2011 to the Borough Mayor and Borough Council I state they are withholding and falsifying Borough Financial Records with your approval. I have not received a reply to this letter.
I think these omissions and discrepancies are deliberate to conceal the fact that the Borough is illegally funding the Telecommunications Department, which loses about $1 million a year, with funds from other Borough Departments, all again with your approval.
Sincerely,
Gennaro A. Marino P.E.
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