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Monday, February 12, 2018

Northwestern Lehigh News

BOARD TO VOTE ON $2.2 MILLION STADIUM UPGRADE

ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS TAX INCREASE


The Northwestern Lehigh School board will vote on Feb.21 to approve a $2.2 million upgrade at the Athletic stadium. This will include artificial turf for the football field and a 6 lane artificial track.

The present building expansion is now projected to cost $12,583,492.

The present fund balance is now $18,648,748.

The contribution to the Teachers pension is now 33.43% of  the cost of Salaries. This is in addition to the salaries.

The Administration is recommending a 1.2% tax increase this year.

The audit for this year is now available on line. Items of note are listed below but this is only a small amount of the information available on the school website.

Total liabilities for this year is $111,2777,495 compared to $96,582,627 last year. This is the total of all debt, building and pension.

Pension liability is now $64,806,426

Building debt is now $48,122,092 compared to $44,139,295 last year.

Total revenue was $40,922,536 compared to $40,271,960 last year.

Total expenses were $40,968,326 compared to $38,927,505 last year. Spending increased by $2,040,821 or 5.2%






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