Pittsfield Post Spring 2012

Pittsfield Post... …Linking our Community SPRING Edition | MAY 2012 The Official Newsletter Of Pittsfield Charter Township Setting Higher Standards Nearly four years ago, I started as your Township Supervisor with a promise to deliver a better quality... More

Pittsfield Post... …Linking our Community SPRING Edition | MAY 2012 The Official Newsletter Of Pittsfield Charter Township Setting Higher Standards Nearly four years ago, I started as your Township Supervisor with a promise to deliver a better quality of life for all residents and businesses. With the work completed and continuing over the past three years, I believe we are well on our way to delivering on that promise. We have fulfilled that promise on two fronts. The first has evolved from the most difficult economic recession our country and township has ever faced. It was a promise to maintain the fiscal vitality of Pittsfield Township by keeping your taxes low without reducing the high level of services you have come to expect. We achieved this by administrative restructuring, cost reductions, refinancing legacy debt obligations, and placing a continual focus on fiscal constraint. It was because of these ‘good management practices’ that S&P increased Pittsfield’s bon Less