$148,871asset retirement obligations recorded at December 31, 2025, which the auditor could not confirm
An auditor's opinion says whether the statements can be trusted. The auditor's report on the 2025 statements is "qualified": it says the statements present fairly "except for" one matter. The matter is the Township's asset retirement obligations, which means the estimated cost of cleaning up or closing things it owns, such as the landfill, buildings with asbestos and monitoring wells. The Township recorded $148,871. The auditor says it could not get enough evidence to check that number, and says the 2024 opinion was qualified for the same reason.
$281,775collected from sewer and water rates in 2025, against a budget of $316,839
In 2025 the Township budgeted $316,839 from sewer and water rates and collected $281,775 (the gap is $35,064, worked out by us). The costs of the sewer system and the waterworks were $80,912 and $346,412 in the statements. Those costs include amortization (the yearly wear on the pipes and plant, which is not a cash cost); without it, the two systems cost $306,313 (worked out by us), still more than the fees collected. The Township's own asset report recommends putting $48,000 a year of water and sewer fees toward capital work in 2026. Council set 2026 water rates on May 5, 2026, and its September 1, 2026 minutes say council members will meet on September 15 to discuss water and sewer rates.
$35,945fees and service charges in 2025, against a budget of $104,420
The statements show "Fees and service charges" of $35,945 in 2025, against a budget of $104,420 and $93,167 in 2024. One line in the revenue analysis, "Landfill tipping fees", was $68,458 in 2024 and nothing in 2025 or in the budget. The landfill has an estimated 34% of its capacity left. On September 1, 2026 Council confirmed an agreement to let an outside company bring excess or contaminated soil from an industrial site to the municipal landfill in late July, on conditions similar to those agreed in the past. We did not find what, if anything, the Township charges for this.
$143,000spent on the community hall renovations by January 15, 2025, with the funding almost used up
On January 15, 2025, Council's minutes say the community hall renovations had cost a little over $143,000, that remaining funding was a little under $7,000, and that many renovations were made "over and above what had originally been planned". Council then set aside $8,000 before taxes for new hall signage. The minutes do not give the original plan, the final cost or where the money came from.