Sentences with phrase «net cost to the town»

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Two years ago, Cahill demanded the county take over ever - increasing Safety Net (welfare) charges to the towns and the city and the cost of administering local election expenses in exchange for his allowing the bill authorizing the 1 percent add - on to reach the Assembly floor for a vote.

The Ulster County Legislature approved a budget, flow control and a phased - in takeover of Safety Net costs from the towns by better than three - to - one margins at its meeting last Tuesday night, but not without some grumbling about how County Executive Mike Hein advanced his initiatives.

Kelly and Jimmy lobbied for the county takeover of Safety Net and election charges, enacted a new cost - saving health insurance plan for town employees, and worked with county, state and federal officials to promote economic development.

Over the years, lawmakers representing towns with low Safety Net costs have sought to tie any changes in the funding mechanism to a redistribution of the sales tax proceeds.

In January, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Gerentine (R - Marlboro), citing increased costs to the county after it took over Safety Net welfare and elections costs, proposed returning the distribution formula to the 1990s formula, when city got 10 percent and the towns 2 percent.

As a result, Kingston and a few other communities with a large proportion of low - income residents have to deal with far greater Safety Net costs than better - off towns.

According to county estimates, the town will save nearly $ 128,000 in safety net costs in 2015.

The chances of all of this netting out to a profit on average, after taxes and trading costs, are slim to none (and Slim left town).