Kellen Shaw, the township’s chief financial officer, presented the June 2025 financial report showing year‑to‑date revenues and expenses through the fiscal half‑year.

Shaw said year‑to‑date budgeted revenues were $95.3 million and actual collections totaled $98.9 million, a favorable variance of about $3.6 million. The largest contributor to the favorable revenue variance was sales tax, which was about $2.7 million over budget; year‑to‑date sales‑tax collections were reported at $47.8 million versus a budget of $45.5 million. Shaw attributed the additional sales tax largely to manufacturing and oil and gas related activity and noted that retail trade and a few other NAICS categories make up roughly 75% of the township’s sales‑tax base.

On the expense side, year‑to‑date operating expenditures were budgeted at $68.6 million with actual spending of $62.3 million, a favorable variance of about $6.3 million. Shaw said operating departments, including customer engagement, parks and contracted services, are running favorable to budget primarily due to timing of contracted services and equipment purchases; he indicated that approximately $2.064 million of the favorable variance in the customer‑engagement category relates to law enforcement timing and said he would break law enforcement out separately in future reports at the board’s request.

Shaw also reviewed hotel occupancy tax and mixed‑beverage tax performance; hotel occupancy tax was roughly on budget year to date and mixed beverage tax was slightly above budget ($865,000 actual versus $836,000 budget). Board members discussed the influence of the Pavilion concert schedule on mixed‑beverage tax receipts and noted that one large venue year can substantially influence annual totals.

Board members discussed the township’s use of external lobbyists to secure legislative changes that yielded new revenue; one board member noted the township recovered $1.76 million annually in a sales‑tax shift for hotels and restaurants as a result of lobbying effort described earlier. The board voted to accept the financial report.