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 12-2-2025 at the Pocono Township Municipal Building (112 Township Drive, 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, 112 Township Drive, 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 $ 7,746,009 Licenses and Permits 150,100 Fines & Forfeits 65,000 Interest, Rentals and Royalties 102,500 Intergovernmental Revenues 737,639 Charges for Services 766,194 Special Assessments 0 Other Operating Revenue 7,000 Other Financing Sources 177,000 Opening Balance $7,328,746   TOTAL FUNDS AVAILABLE $16,928,374   ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES   General Government $1,412,946 Public Safety 4,529,462 Public Works 1,884,420 Cultural-Recreation 359,901 Debt Service 835,000 Employer Paid Benefits 305,250 Insurance 180,850 Transfer to Capital Reserve 443,358 TIF & Other Expenses $217,000   TOTAL EXPENDITURES $10,168,187   PROJECTED FUND BALANCE $6,760,187   CAPITAL RESERVE FUND Estimated Revenues $4,789,250 Opening Balance 426,086 Total Funds Available $5,215,337 Estimated Expenditures 5,215,337 PROJECTED FUND BALANCE $0 *Source is general fund transfer and grant revenue   STATE LIQUID FUELS TAX FUND   Opening Balance $17,559 Estimated Receipts 440,138 Total Fund Balance 457,698 Estimated Expenditures 440,138 PROJECTED FUND BALANCE $17,559   SEWER OPERATING FUND Opening Balance $4,082,702 Estimated Revenue 4,084,940 Total Fund Balance 8,167,642 Estimated Expenditures 3,995,074   PROJECTED FUND BALANCE $4,172,568   SEWER CONSTRUCTION FUND Opening Balance $2,700,061 Estimated Revenue* 923,000 Total Fund Balance 2,923,000 Estimated Expenditures 2,923,000   PROJECTED FUND BALANCE $ 700,061 *Transfer from operations and interest   SPECIAL FUND – FIRE TAX FUND Opening Balance $200 Estimated Revenue 388,475 Total Fund Balance 388,475 Estimated Expenditures 388,475 Section II: Real estate taxes will remain at 3.429 mills per dollar of assessed valuation for the 2025 Township of Pocono fiscal year and special purpose fire tax mills will increase to 0.301.   ATTEST: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF POCONO TOWNSHIP   Richard Wielebinski, President Krisann MacDougall, Asst. Secretary