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Deputy Clerk <ulysses.deputy.clerk@gmail.com> Feb 25, 2016 2:10 PM
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Hello, fine folk of Ulysses,
There are a couple of important deadlines coming up:
1.If you haven’t already paid your taxes, the 2016 Town and County taxes are due by Monday, February
29th before the next penalty is applied. Currently, there is a 1% penalty for bills that are being paid after the
first deadline of February 1st, and starting March 1st, the penalty will go up to 2% plus $1.
2.STAR applications and renewals (school tax relief) are due on March 1st. Although we have forms
available at Town Hall, the applications need to be turned into the Tompkins County Assessment office in
Ithaca. After you have completed the forms, you can bring them in person or send them to:
Tompkins County Assessment Office
128 E Buffalo St
Building C
Ithaca, NY 14850
You can find more information and download the forms here: https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/property
/star/apply.htm
This Saturday, February 27th, please join us for the Town of Ulysses Zoning Update Kick-off and PotenƟal
Special MeeƟng!
Saturday, 2/27 from 9:30am-12:30pm at the Trumansburg Fire Hall, 74 West Main Street
Talk with local officials, planners, and design professionals and participate in planning the Town's future!
Click here for more information.
There is also a potential special meeting of the following boards/committee: Zoning Update Steering
Committee, Town Board, Planning Board, and the Board of Zoning Appeals, more information here.
Public Hearing and Public Information Meeting - Appointed or Elected Town Clerk and Highway
Superintendent
The Town of Ulysses will be holding a Public Information Session and Public Hearing on March 8, 2016, at
6:30pm at Town Hall, 10 Elm Street, Trumansburg.
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The purpose of the Public Information Session and Public Hearing is to review Proposed Local Laws 1 & 2
of 2016, which would change the positions of Town Clerk and Town Highway Superintendent from elected to
appointed.
This is not a clear cut issue. There are pros and cons to either having the positions elected or appointed, but
with the Highway Superintendent position now open and the Town Clerk being fairly new, the Town Board
feels this is the window of time to think about which is best overall. For more information, go to
http://www.ulysses.ny.us/pdf/Elected-or-Appointed-1.pdf
During the Public Information Session, the law will be reviewed and questions may be asked. The Public
Hearing is the time when the Town Board invites members of the public to make comments for the public
record on the proposed law, but the Town Board does not normally respond to questions or comments. The
Town Board will take comments made during the Public Hearing into account when deciding how, or
whether, to proceed. The draft local law is available on the Town’s website at ulysses.ny.us or in the clerk’s
office.
Comments from the general public will be taken at the hearing; or may be submitted via mail or e-mail, but
should be received by 6pm on Tuesday, March 8th, to be read at the hearing.
You can view drafts of the proposed laws here.
The referendum on these local laws will be held on Tuesday, May 24. More information will be available.
Please keep an eye on the website.
We hope you enjoy another unseasonably warm weekend!
Forward this message to anyone else that you think would be interested. We’d love to connect with more
residents. To send questions or comments, or be removed from this list, please email clerk@ulysses.ny.us .
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Best,
Sarah Koski
Ulysses Deputy Town Clerk
Office hours: 8am-4pm, M-F, or by appointment
10 Elm St.
Trumansburg NY 14886
P.(607)387-5767, ext. 221
F.(607)387-5843
ulysses.ny.us
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