# Sugar Creek Township holds its budget hearing; general fund would rise 2.97%, heads to adoption Sept. 8

## What happened
At a public hearing on the township's budget, Trustee Darrick Scott (probable
identification; see attribution) told the Sugar Creek Township Board the
proposed budget increases the general fund by 2.97% over last year and
township assistance (aid the township gives directly to residents facing
financial hardship) by 2.32%, with no change to the rainy day or recreation
funds. [t=299] Scott said a higher cost for outside legal help (professional
services) was covered by shifting money out of an unused travel line, not by
cutting funding for any program that serves the public. [t=357]

## The outcome
No members of the public asked a question at the hearing. [t=405] A board
member then moved to send the budget forward for adoption at a public meeting
on September 8, and the chair seconded it; the recording captures the motion
and second with no objection raised, but not a separate vote call. [t=446]

## Sources
- [Trustee presents the budget, 4:54](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uczxno0bYb8&t=294)
- [Budget reallocation explained, 5:57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uczxno0bYb8&t=357)
- [No public questions at the hearing, 6:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uczxno0bYb8&t=405)
- [Board moves budget to the September 8 adoption meeting, 7:26](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uczxno0bYb8&t=446)

*Also known as: Sugar Creek Township budget · Sugar Creek Township budget hearing · Sugar Creek Township general fund increase · township assistance budget · Darrick Scott township budget*