What is PMUA's annual budget?
The 2010 PMUA annual budget is $23.2 million (This is $3 million more per year than Plainfield's share of the Plainfield Public School budget!)
The 2009 PMUA annual budget was $22.1 million
The 2008 PMUA annual budget was $16.7 million
The 2007 PMUA annual budget was $14 million
The 1999 PMUA annual budget was $10 million
The PMUA 2010 budget has not yet been approved by the NJ Department of Community Affairs (DCA-Division of Local Government Services). It was approved at the PMUA's February 8th special meeting.
Here are our concerns, but PLEASE draw your own analysis/conclusions and ask PMUA about what the document means for residents. We also encourage you to contact your local and state elected officials.
* Two separate budgets exist, one for sewer and the other for solid waste
* Both budgets have Administration Operating Appropriations (Sewer $2.5 million and Solid Waste of $2.5 million with a total of $1.2 million allocated for "OTHER") Does PMUA have two distinct operating expenses (administrative salaries & wages, fringe benefits, and other expenses) for administration totaling $5.0 million?
* PMUA has more employees than the Plainfield Police Department. Mr Eric Watson stated that they have 160 employees.
* Page 5 of the solid waste budget indicates "other expenses" of $701,834 for administration and $4,058,210 for cost of providing services.
* Page SS-2 of the solid waste budget includes a line item for Miscellaneous Fees of $450,000 under "Other Operating Revenues" Are these the cart roll back charges or extra bag charges?
* Page 5 of the sewer budget indicates "other expenses" of $724,234 for administration and $4,902,021 for cost of providing services.
* There are nearly 19,000 units on the sewer budget and 14,000 units on the solid waste budget. Where are the other 5,000 units represented with respect to the questionable "shared service fee"?