Radnor Issues
Radnor Budget
In December of 2009, the Board of Commissioners approved the 2010 budget, click on this link to see the approved budget: http://www.radnor.com/egov/docs/1261085079_557739.pdf
As you can see, we continue to operate in a deficit situation due to the slow recovery of our national and local economies. Hence, we will be working on ways to increase our revenues and decrease our spending over the coming months. To that end, we have appointed a Citizens Budget Advisory Committee to help our community decide how to approach these issues. Click here to see the formal description of this group's charge: http://www.radnor.com/egov/docs/1267021249_152679.pdf
The Citizens Budget Advisory Committee currently consists of the following members: Sarah Armstrong, Robert Boehringer, Nicholas Kemp, Robert Murdocca, Christopher Watson, Craig Wheeland, Philip Wilson and Joe Ellis. The have been meeting regularly and have set two public meetings: April 13th and June 14th. In addition, this group is conducting an informal survey of citizens' thoughts on our budget, and I urge you to take a few minutes and fill out the survey -- especially the "comments" section at the end.
TAKE THE BUDGET SURVEY: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TW5R9CD If you have a moment -- read the "background" section of the survey (click here to read), it is a very good, succinct synopsis of our budget situation.
Finally, click here to read a recent article I wrote for the Main Line Suburban Life newspaper,entitled It’s Time to Focus on Radnor’s 2011 Budget: What Residents Can Be Doing NOW to Keep Taxes Down Next Year.
New Township Manager To Start Monday, May 10
We have hired a new township manager to replace Dave Bashore. His name is Bob Zienkowski and he is coming to us from Brunswick, Ohio, where he served as township manager of a city of similar size for seven years. Bob is an experienced leader with excellent credentials and a record of integrity, reliability and conservative budget management. He will begin in Radnor on Monday, May 10th. We found Bob after conducting a national search with the assistance of a professional executive search firm.
New Radnor Community Coalition Formed to Address Drug, Alcohol and Related Issues in our Youth
On Monday, April 19th stakeholders from all aspects of our community came together to brainstorm about forming a community coalition to address drug, aclcohol and related issues within our youth in Radnor. Representatives of the public schools, private schools, police, Radnor Township Board of Health, Commissioners, local universities and many parents joined together to hear about what types of activities and behaviors are actually occurring in Radnor and what neighboring community coalitions look like. The next meeting will be in late May -- if you would like to get on the e-mail list to learn more about this important group, please send your e-mail address to Jennifer Superdock at ksuperdock@comcast.net.
To view the April 19th meeting, please click here: http://www.radnor.com/egov/apps/document/center.egov?path=doc&id=2980&id2=2517&linked=0
The Radnor Parks and Recreation summer activities brochure is ready!!
Sign-ups begin on Monday, May 3rd, and if you are interested in any programming that usually sells out – please make sure to sign up early! Click here for a link to the brochure: http://www.radnor.com/egov/docs/1271701311_314605.pdf