PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING   NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Pocono Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, will consider for adoption at a Public Hearing to be held at 6:00 p.m. on December 15, 2025 at the Pocono Township Municipal Building (205 Old Mill Road, Tannersville, PA 18372) special Board of Commissioners Meeting, for an Ordinance adopting a Budget and Appropriating Funds estimated to be required for the Purposes of the Government of the Township of Pocono and Fixing the Real Estate Millage Rate for the 2026 Fiscal Year. Copies of the Budget along with the proposed text of the Ordinance summarized below may be examined by any citizen of the Township of Pocono at the Pocono Township Municipal Building, 205 Old Mill Road, Tannersville, PA during normal business hours. The following is a summary of the Ordinance in reasonable detail:   ORDINANCE 2025-25   AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF POCONO, COUNTY OF MONROE, PENNSYLVANIA, ADOPTING A BUDGET AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS ESTIMATED TO BE REQUIRED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE TOWNSHIP OF POCONO, AND FIXING THE REAL ESTATE MILLAGE RATE FOR THE 2026 FISCAL YEAR   WHEREAS, Article XVII, Section 1701, et seq., of the First-Class Township Code, 53 P.S. 56701 et seq., requires, inter alia, that the Pocono Township Board of Commissioners prepare and adopt a budget which shall reflect as nearly as possible the estimated revenues and expenditures of the Township for the year for which the budget is prepared; and WHEREAS, the total appropriation shall not exceed revenues available for the fiscal year; and WHEREAS, the tax levied by the Pocono Township Board of Commissioners shall be fixed at such figure within the limit allowed by law as with all other sources of revenue shall meet and cover such appropriations. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Pocono, County of Monroe, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as follows:   Section I: That for the expenses of the Township of Pocono for the fiscal year 2026 the following amounts are hereby approved and appropriated from the receipts estimated to be available for said fiscal year for the specific purposes set forth below, which amounts are more fully itemized in the Budget Form on file in the Office of the Township Manager, as follows:   GENERAL FUND   ESTIMATED RECEIPTS   Taxes $ 7,416,108 Licenses and Permits 150,100 Fines & Forfeits 65,000 Interest, Rentals and Royalties 104,908 Intergovernmental Revenues 436,833 Charges for Services 932,762 Special Assessments 0 Other Operating Revenue 7,000   Other Financing Sources 8,959,401 Opening Balance $ 7,750,882 TOTAL FUNDS AVAILABLE $25,822,994   ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES General Government $ 1,450,816 Public Safety 4,949,924 Public Works 1,966,057 Cultural-Recreation 423,687 Debt Service 6,240,378 Employer Paid Benefits 328,192 Insurance 187,484 Transfer to Capital Reserve 4,513,478 TIF & Other Expenses $ 217,000   TOTAL EXPENDITURES $ 20,277,016   PROJECTED FUND BALANCE $ 5,545,978   CAPITAL RESERVE FUND   Estimated Revenues $ 9,601,361 Opening Balance 0 Total Funds Available $ 9,601,361 Estimated Expenditures 9,601.361 PROJECTED FUND BALANCE $0 *Source is general fund transfer and grant revenue   STATE LIQUID FUELS TAX FUND   Opening Balance 0 $ Estimated Receipts 433,157.93 Total Fund Balance 433,157.93 Estimated Expenditures 433,157.93   PROJECTED FUND BALANCE $ 0   SEWER OPERATING FUND   Opening Balance $ 6,074,471 Estimated Revenue 4,940,980 Total Fund Balance 11,015,451 Estimated Expenditures 4,169,200   PROJECTED FUND BALANCE $ 6,846,252   SEWER CONSTRUCTION FUND   Opening Balance 1,135,573 Estimated Revenue* 800,000 Total Fund Balance 1,935,573 Estimated Expenditures 1,441,500   PROJECTED FUND BALANCE $_494,073________ *Transfer from operations and interest   SPECIAL FUND – FIRE TAX FUND   Opening Balance $ 300 Estimated Revenue 403,096 Total Fund Balance 403,396 Estimated Expenditures 403,096   Section II: Real estate taxes will decrease to 3.0861 mills per dollar of assessed valuation for the 2026 Township of Pocono fiscal year and special purpose fire tax mills will remain at 0.301.   BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF POCONO TOWNSHIP   RICHARD WIELEBINSKI President, Board of Commissioners   ATTEST: KRISANN MACDOUGALL  Asst. Secretary    P - November 9, 16, 2025