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Public Hearing Minutes
1998 Budget Hearing
1 November 5 , 1997
TOWN OF DANBY
PUBLIC HEARING MINUTES
PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998
NOVEMBER 5, 1997
PRESENT :
Supervisor Mary Oltz
Councilpersons : Mary Lou Hardesty, Edward Inman, Joseph Schwartz, Howard Steiner
Others Present :
Carol W. Sczepanski - Town Clerk
Susan Beeners - Code Enforcement Officer
Members of the Public :
Joel Gagnon, Pat Woodworth, Margaret Shepard , Hope Horst, Sam Tripodi , Willard T .
Daetsch, Judy Vanllermark, Esther Dotson, Naomi Strichartz, Ken Horst Gould Colemen,
Charles Tilton, Cynthia Colman , Eileen B . Wright, Dorothy Daetsch, Faith Chase, Dawn
Parks .
Public Hearing Declared Open :
Supervisor Mary Oltz declared the public hearing open at 6 : 00 P . M. and read the following
Notice of Publication :
"NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Preliminary Budget for the Fiscal Year 1998 has
been completed and filed in the office of the Town Clerk at 54A Gunderman Road, Town
of Danby, Ithaca, New York, where it is available for inspection 9 : 00 a . m . to 4 : 00 p . m . ,
Tuesday through Friday and 9 : 00 a. m . to 12 noon Saturday . .
FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that the Town Board of the Town of Danby
will meet and review said Preliminary Budget and hold a Public Hearing thereon at the Town
of Danby Office Buildings at 54A Gunderman Road, Ithaca, New York, County of Tompkins
at 6 : 00 P .M. on the 5th day of November 1997 . Citizens attending the hearing have the right
to provide written and/or oral comments and ask questions concerning the entire budget .
Pursuant to Section 108 of the Town Law the proposed salaries for the following Town
Officials are hereby specified as follows :
Supervisor $ 10 , 609
Town Clerk/Tax Collector $ 12 , 751
Highway Superintendent $ 32 , 496
Town Justices (2 ) (Each) $ 4 , 261
Town Councilpersons (4) (Each) $ 1 , 737
Published October 30 , 1997 "
Supervisor Oltz reported to the Board that the final Preliminary Budget Draft shows a
decrease in the tax of 4 . 22 % . The tax rate in 1997 was $ 7 . 7554 per thousand and for 1998
tax rate is $ 7 . 4280 per thousand .
Members of the Public :
Joel Gagnon - 2353 Spencer Road - noticed the differences in the tax rates from one town
to another town . He wonders whether that has to do with the Tompkins County Sales Tax
credits .
Councilperson Schwartz said the you should look at the equalization rates when comparing tax rates
between municipalities .
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Susan Beeners - Code Enforcement Officer - questioned the line item for A8020 . 4 as it does not
include the estimated amount for printing and publication costs related to a comprehensive planning
project . She asked the Board to include $4, 500 - $ 5 ,000 additional funding in the event that the
Town was not awarded a grant for the project .
Joel Gagnon - what happened to the West Danby Community Association request for funding .
Supervisor Oltz said that there was a Youth and Recreation item in h budget t is Needs
Programs Programs (A7320 .4) includes all Youth & Recreation programs . Any program pp
request funds until the allotment is spent .
Margaret Shepard - 441 Comfort Road - asked how the Danby Needs Programs differs from the item
under Culture and Recreation the Recreation Partnership .
Supervisor Oltz said that the Recreation Partnership funds are the Towns contribution to the
Recreation Partnership and are paid directly to the City Youth Bureau .
Public Hearing Declared Closed :
Supervisor Oltz declared the public hearing closed at 6 : 23 P . M .
defretej IS Carol W . Sc ,° •;�nski , Town Clerk
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