I am a candidate because the property tax controlled directly by
the Town Board increased by an average of 6 % per year over the last decade — nearly triple the rate of inflation.
Town clerk Mindy Conway told
the town board the increase would put Chester's marriage license fee at $ 40 and bring it in line with most other New York towns.
Not exact matches
The Oyster Bay
Town Board tabled a resolution to increase parking permit fees at commuter lots Tuesday following public criticism of the proposed hike and disagreement among board members at a board mee
Board tabled a resolution to
increase parking permit fees at commuter lots Tuesday following public criticism of the proposed hike and disagreement among
board members at a board mee
board members at a
board mee
board meeting.
The
increases at the
town's commuter lots will be considered at the next
town board meeting.
The Oyster Bay
Town Board plans to vote on a 400 percent parking permit fee
increase at its meeting Tuesday night, according to a draft of the plan.
King Sweeney said she supported raises for assistants and acknowledged that many employees are due pay
increases or promotions, but she called the number of personnel moves a waste of taxpayer money that also will handcuff the
town board for the incoming administration.
The Oyster Bay
Town Board may delegate its authority to set parking permit fees to an unelected commissioner after it tabled a proposal to increase them by as much as 900 percent, board members
Board may delegate its authority to set parking permit fees to an unelected commissioner after it tabled a proposal to
increase them by as much as 900 percent,
board members
board members said.
Is the
town board really going to continue to pay absurd dollars to «aviation experts» who admit they can't guarantee taxpayers and noise - abused homeowners any reasonable degree of success in limiting an already obnoxious and ever -
increasing assault on the quiet enjoyment of East End homes?
What I think is that the current Saugerties
Town Board along with the Town Supervisor, Greg Helsmoortel are NOT considering the best interest of the people of Saugerties when they raise their hand to vote in favor of projects like the PILOT (Payment In Leui Of Taxes) program that brings low income section 8 housing to a town that can not afford any more tax increa
Town Board along with the
Town Supervisor, Greg Helsmoortel are NOT considering the best interest of the people of Saugerties when they raise their hand to vote in favor of projects like the PILOT (Payment In Leui Of Taxes) program that brings low income section 8 housing to a town that can not afford any more tax increa
Town Supervisor, Greg Helsmoortel are NOT considering the best interest of the people of Saugerties when they raise their hand to vote in favor of projects like the PILOT (Payment In Leui Of Taxes) program that brings low income section 8 housing to a
town that can not afford any more tax increa
town that can not afford any more tax
increases.
Helsmoortel is hoping that the
town board can whittle the 2017 tax
increase to somewhere in the two to three percent range, from where the «wish list» stands now, somewhere around 9 percent.
Stony Point
Town Board votes 4 - 1 to approve the new law EDITORIAL BY GEORGE POTANOVIC, JR., President of Stony Point Action Committee for the Environment (Space) In an effort to curb the
increasing clutter of lawn signs and political campaign signs that have become larger and more numerous during each election season, the Stony Point -LSB-...]
The request had the backing of various
town officials, and the Amherst Planning
Board, but tenants of the nearby Bryant Woods Office Park objected to the developer's plans, saying the student housing would bring
increased crime and nuisance problems to the area.
The county is
increasing property tax by 32 percent and making the
towns responsible for paying for county costs such as the
board of elections, Rockland Community College charge backs, police intelligence unit, and police narcotics task force.
Tuesday night the Stony Point
Town Board addressed its continuing opposition to United Water's recent 28.9 percent rate
increase proposal.
Islip's GOP
town board, including Bergin - Weichbrodt, clashed heatedly with Croci over a proposed 64 percent property tax
increase when he became Islip supervisor, which was later reduced to 28 percent.
But some of her campaign promises — such as
increased transparency, the appointment of an inspector general and other ethics reforms that have been rejected previously by the current
town board — could be difficult to fulfill when she takes office.
Former Southampton
Town Supervisor Anna Throne - Holst's primary night lead of 29 votes has
increased to 188 after 46 percent of absentee ballots were counted Thursday at the Suffolk County
Board of Elections.
BY CHERYL SLAVIN Tuesday night the Stony Point
Town Board addressed its continuing opposition to United Water's recent 28.9 percent rate
increase proposal.
Voter registration numbers for Harrison Democrats have
increased at more than double the rate of that of
town Republicans, which may help the winner of the
town board Democratic primary win a seat in the November election.
At 12:30 p.m., de Blasio will participate in a tele -
town hall with seniors to discuss the Rent Guidelines
Board vote yesterday for a 0 percent
increase on one - year, rent - stabilized leases, and a 2 percent
increase on two - year leases.
The Oyster Bay
Town Board should hold a public hearing on parking permit fees before voting on any
increases, Councilman Anthony Macagnone said.
Concord
Town Board members want the state government to return the cap on tax levy increases to 2 percent to let the town account for inflation in its bud
Town Board members want the state government to return the cap on tax levy
increases to 2 percent to let the
town account for inflation in its bud
town account for inflation in its budget.
His fellow
Town Board members will receive a 3 percent
increase.
Some of the
Town Board's discretionary additions included a $ 32,000 apparatus to sand roads and an
increase in the police department's budget for supplies such as traffic cones from $ 200 to $ 2,000, Mr. Russell said.
He argued that making the switch to councilmatic districts will improve local representation as well as
increase his party's chances to cut into the GOP's lopsided
Town Board majority.
After receiving little interest from qualified civil service candidates at a lower pay scale,
town officials said, the Town Board unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday increasing the starting salary for the position from $ 63,000 to $ 80,
town officials said, the
Town Board unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday increasing the starting salary for the position from $ 63,000 to $ 80,
Town Board unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday
increasing the starting salary for the position from $ 63,000 to $ 80,000.
The
increase in the preliminary budget reflects changes
Town Board members decided to make after conducting a line - by - line review of the tentative budget, Mr. Russell said.
The giveaway to Birchez that the rest of the
town board is proposing amounts to roughly 10 percent of that
increase.
While many residents at Tuesday night's Southold
Town Board meeting agreed that having affordable housing for the area's workers and retired population is important, others said they feared how a proposal to
increase the number of units allowed in an affordable housing development will change the North Fork's rural character.
At last week's workshop meeting,
town supervisor Marybeth Majestic presented the
town board with a tentative municipal budget for 2018 that reflects anticipated cost
increases for attorneys» and consultants» fees, in addition to the usual
increases in health and retirement benefits costs for
town employees.
Group for the East End vice president Aaron Virgin also addressed the
Town Board on the issue Tuesday, saying he believes an
increased density of phragmites could turn the freshwater pond into more of a wetlands area that can't sustain creatures such as fish.
The master plan is about to go to the
Town Board for action, as Grand Island deals with the rapid
increase in small farms and
increasing number of small commercial neighborhoods.
The pledge unanimously passed and signed by the
Town Board at its April 11 meeting went on to ask «the New York State Legislature to commit to these same clean energy goals, which would represent a 20 percent
increase over the current New York State Energy Plan targets» and to urge «Governor Cuomo to adopt a statewide minimum energy efficiency target of three percent per year of annual energy savings for New York's utilities as part of his comprehensive energy efficiency program, to be announced on Earth Day 2018, and further urges that this program be implemented through a centralized planning process rather than in separate utility rate cases.»
Off topic questions included: the ISIS in Iraq and potential threats to New York, his hair color in a World Cup themed picture, the City's negotiations with CW Capital concerning Stuyvesant
Town, whether he concerned that religion - affiliated CBO's pre-K programs will involve some religious instruction or indoctrination, the Rent Guidelines
Board and a possible rent
increase, rating his administration on it's FOIL responsiveness, whether subway dancers are a «sign of urban decay», whether he is contemplating a special district for failing schools and whether there is symbolism is seeking to bring the Democratic National Convention to Brooklyn rather than Manhattan and whether he has coordinated that effort with Hillary Clinton.
Leggett announced the figure at the Sept. 12
town board meeting, saying the
town could
increase last year's $ 4.5 million budget by 1.64 percent without exceeding the spending cap.
William J. Muller III and Diana Bianculli - Muller, both of whom work for the
town, wrote a letter dated Oct. 31 saying their son Richard also attends Camp Anchor and that
increased activities there were «only made possible» because of the support of Santino, who is running in Tuesday's election, and the
town board.
In an interview following the
town board meeting, Leggett said there would be a $ 27,600
increase in salaries and wages which would essentially take up the bulk of the allowable
increase.
It refers to resolutions adopted by the
towns Shelter Island, Southampton, Southold and the villages of North Haven and East Hampton protesting «the effect of excessive aircraft noise from the
increased traffic at the airport on their respective
town and village residents and requesting the Town Board of the Town of East Hampton «adopt a comprehensive aircraft noise limitation pol
town and village residents and requesting the
Town Board of the Town of East Hampton «adopt a comprehensive aircraft noise limitation pol
Town Board of the
Town of East Hampton «adopt a comprehensive aircraft noise limitation pol
Town of East Hampton «adopt a comprehensive aircraft noise limitation policy.
I also challenged other politicians and fought against a pay
increase for
town board members.
He said that he believes that the
Town Board can do this for several reasons, despite
increasing costs like pensions and insurance rates that are out of their control: «We're getting ready to sit down and negotiate with the CSEA [Civil Service Employees» Union, which represents most
Town employees].
A week after severe spending cuts by the
Town Board yielded a preliminary 2012 municipal budget that would raise taxes by about 4 percent for the general fund, Woodstock supervisor Jeff Moran acknowledged that he had miscalculated a mandatory expenditure and, as a result, the projected tax
increase was actually more than 7 percent.
The
Town Board hired eight new officers last year, with a total of 52 officers, an increase Mr. Russell believes is the largest in the town's hist
Town Board hired eight new officers last year, with a total of 52 officers, an
increase Mr. Russell believes is the largest in the
town's hist
town's history.
Wilber's budget for the coming year, on which the
town board will vote shortly after the election, calls for a tax levy
increase of 0.823 percent, meeting the state's imposed cap on taxes, factoring in Woodstock's growth rate.
The post carries with it a $ 1,200
increase over the regular
Town Board member salary of $ 6,123.
The
town board also discussed numerous other issues that arise at the beaches over the summer, including
increasing beach staffing, access to
town ramps, garbage left on the beaches, people who park on residential roads to access the water, non-residents who participate in night fishing without passes, and more.
I think that when people have confidence in the finances... not necessarily agree with how its being raised and spent... but that the
town board is watching it and we're not seeing 10 percent
increases and fiscal crises and the shit hitting the fan... it makes other solutions and issues seem more credible.»
Council Reduces Proposed
Increase from 9.2 % to 6.2 % BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR The Orangetown Town Board voted unanimously Tuesday to override the state - imposed limitation of a 2 percent increase in local real property taxes ne
Increase from 9.2 % to 6.2 % BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR The Orangetown
Town Board voted unanimously Tuesday to override the state - imposed limitation of a 2 percent
increase in local real property taxes ne
increase in local real property taxes next year.
The surplus funds used to cover this deficit are not available this year, and the
Town Board either had to impose a 15 percent tax increase or drastically cut town employees to balance the 2012 bud
Town Board either had to impose a 15 percent tax
increase or drastically cut
town employees to balance the 2012 bud
town employees to balance the 2012 budget.
The Trustees are seeing a 10 percent
increase in their application workload related to a storm that preceded winter storm Grayson on Jan. 4, indicating a need for a «thoughtful approach to coastal resiliency not presently written in our code,» according to a letter Trustees read at Tuesday's
Town Board work session.
This one would
increase the size of the
Town Board from three to five by adding two council positions.