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  Johnston Town Council members donate pay to balance budget web posted May 13, 2008 JOHNSTON – The Town of Johnston is one step closer to finalizing next year’s budget when it received its first reading Monday night. “I don’t think the budget is perfect, but I don’t think we can make it perfect,” Councilman Morris Holmes said just before the unanimous vote to pass the ordinance. Mayor Willie Campbell said at the end of the meeting that the budget, as proposed, is balanced. To make that happen the members of the town council donated their pay, totaling $3,700, back to the town. The Mayor was not as generous and will continue to receive his pay. The $1,678,464 budget also came with a reduction in staff. The total budget is around $50,000 lower than last year Interim Administrator Sam Leaman said. The budget also is based on the equal amount of total revenues expected for the year making adding additional money to the record low reserve funds unlikely. The budget also increases the pay offered for a part-time administrator to $20,000 a year which was accomplished by taking money from the council’s contingency fund. This leaves the town council with just $7,522 left over for unexpected expenses. During the Administrator’s Report Mr. Leaman said that the town should look deeper into contracting for garbage pickup suggesting that the town seek bids on contracting for the services from private companies. The bids should be sought for commercial service, residential service, and for residential and commercial services combined. “This will at least give you some hard numbers,” Mr. Leaman said. The town is already moving commercial pickup as a fee based service which would show up on tax bills as a separate charge. Mr. Leaman explained that the cost per resident for service now is costing the town over $100 and that could possibly be reduced by privatizing the service. The town council is not considering charging residents for garbage pickup, just finding ways to reduce costs in the future. ©
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