Why did the PSSA raise target prices?
PSSA has diligently worked to control expenses so that the cost of targets could be held at a reasonable level, and no increase in the cost of targets is ever approved without a great deal of discussion. In an attempt to alleviate the chronic labor shortage which has plagued the PSSA, ATA, and most other states in the last few years, the PSSA is raising the wages paid to trap line personnel. The money raised through the increase in target prices will be used EXCLUSIVELY for trap line wages. Other capital expenditures are financed through previously budgeted dollars and normal expenditures and payroll will be met through traditional means. The acquisition of automatic traps through Project A-TRAP is a totally separate financial plan and is no way associated with the increase in the cost of targets.
