IN Brentwood-Baldwin-Whitehall Fall 2018

Stadium and Park Renovations BEFORE ➞ ➞ AFTER BRENTWOOD PLAYGROUND AND BALLFIELDS BRENTWOOD PLAYGROUND AND BALLFIELDS STADIUM STADIUM ENTRANCE STADIUM STADIUM ENTRANCE Strong Credit Rating Reflects Borough’s Sound Fiscal Practices Although Brentwood has recently invested significant quantities of local funds into infrastructural improvement projects, municipal leadership has approached the spending of taxpayer dollars with a conservative, long-range prospective. During its recent evaluation of our financial operations, credit rating agency Standards & Poor’s rewarded this cautious approach by assigning an “AA-” rating to our impending bond issue. Reviewers noted that the Borough’s strong budgetary performance, whereby operational expenditures are consistency less than initial projections. The firm also cited the community’s substantial fund balance, which allows the flexible allocations of funds. The report also commends Brentwood for its use of financial management best practices, such as monthly budgetary reports, ten-year forecasts, a rolling capital improvement plan, and a formal debt management policy. This positive assessment reflects the hard work of elected officials and staff to delicately balance the need to direct funds to initiatives that will immediately improve the Borough while simultaneously ensuring that the municipality remains fiscally sustainable for future generations. Pitt Makes a Difference Day/Clean Up – October 20, 2018 Brentwood Borough will again partner with the University of Pittsburgh on October 20th for the annual Pitt Makes a Difference Day. A group of 40 University of Pittsburgh students will arrive at the park to walk around various areas of the Borough and pick up litter. We are asking Brentwood residents to show their pride and assist in walking around Brentwood picking up debris along the right of ways. Youths younger than 16 should have an adult with them. We welcome any group or organization to help. Gloves, vests, and garbage bags will be provided. Rain or shine. As a result of this, Brentwood residents have started a campaign to clean up the “hollow”. On more than two occasions they have collected over 10 truckloads of items that have been dumped in the area. This has started the procedure to begin a walking trail through the lower part of Brentwood Avenue and Wanley Road! Remember the date: Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M., meet in the park. This will be the 11th Annual Pitt Make a Difference Day. Brentwood has participated in 7 of them already. Each year is better than previous year. It would be nice to get more residents involved so let’s try and match Pitt’s 40 students with 40 Brentwood Residents! Please mark you calendar’s for PMADD 2018 is set for Saturday October 20, 2018. 50 BRENTWOOD-BALDWIN-WHITEHALL

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