HomeMy WebLinkAboutNYS DOC Resolution.PDFRE,SOLUTION SUPPORTING A
GRANT APPLI,CATION TO STU
Local Government Efficiencv Clrant ,
S DOS LOCAL GOVERNMENT E,FFICIENCY
THE FE,ASIBILITY OF' SHARED SERVICES
of State has available funds for the 2011,-2012
and
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY AND
EFFIC IF],N CY I\4E,A S URE,S
L ROADS FOR COST SAVINGS AND
ilesolution by: Trustee I(arns Seconded by: Trustee Szekely
WFIL]I{FIAS, rhe New York State D rtment
\)7HEREAS, this granr program can ist Village of Cayuga l-{eights in identifying
oppoturuties to cooperate with othef
providrng services, and
governments in the are to reduce the cost of
WHEREAS, the cosr to maintain roadways and bridges represents a large share of all
murucipal and county budgets and p ry tax levies, and
WHEREAS, at a time when the cost
and local buclgets are tightly constrain
infrastructute 2rt
^ cost that can be su tted by local budgets, and
WHERFIAS, Village c>f Cayuga Heigh and its Local Municipal Highway Department wouldbenefit frorn reducing the cost of adeq tely repairing and maintaining these roadways, ancl
$7HEREAS, a study ro evaluate the C
rntet-municipal cooperation, shared se
nty and Local Road System and identify
, or redistributions of resDonsibilities
quality highway services and lower
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WHEIUTAS Vrilage of Cayuga l-Ieights on behalf of its ciuzens, supports this effort andgralt apphcation for approxnnately $1 ,000, with a required iocal cash match of 10o/o thatshall be allocated ,lmong the participati municipalities.
maintain highway infiastructure is growing rapidly
, it is increasingly difficult to maintain basic highway
areas whete
could
costs forresult in a firore elificient system of prc
the repau: and rna:intenancc of existing
ltllSoLVED, That Village of Cayrga l{eights supports the County and Local Road LocalGovernment E,fficiency Grant Irrograrrl upphcauon, and
FUI{TFIER I{ESOLVED, that the vill{ge of cayuga Heights agrees, if awdrded, toparucipate and assist in al1 phases of the County anl Lo.al Road Shared Serwice LocalGovernment h,fficiency Grant Study.
viliage of cayuga Heights Roard of rr.u]stees meeting, March 12, 201.2,Marcham Hall
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Jrllagc of (Jayug;, l{eights
Seal
Mayor I(athryn D. Supron