HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB Minutes 2014-10-02 Budget Meeting of the Ithaca Town Board
Thursday, October 2, 2014 at 5:30 p.m.
Minutes
Board Members Present: Herb Engman, Supervisor; Bill Goodman, Deputy Town Supervisor;
Pat Leary(Via Facetime), Tee-Ann Hunter, Eric Levine, Rich DePaolo, and Rod Howe
Staff Present: Susan Ritter, Director of Planning, Bruce Bates, Director of Code Enforcement;
Judy Drake, Director of Human Resources; Paulette Terwilliger, Town Clerk and Jim Weber,
Highway Superintendent
There is no recording for the first 20 minutes or so of the meeting. Recording started halfway
through Mr. Engman 's overview of the budget.
Agenda Item 1 Call to order
Supervisor Engman called the meeting to order at 5:35 p.m. and added two items; Town of
Ithaca Abstract and a presentation by Alan Green, Ithaca Youth Bureau
Agenda Item 2 5:30 p.m. Public Hearings regarding:
Opened at 5:37 p.m. No one present wishing to address the Board and the hearing was closed.
a. 2015 Assessment Rolls for the Town of Ithaca's Special Benefit Districts and
Special Benefit Areas.
TB Resolution No. 2014-159: Adoption of the 2014 Assessment Rolls for Special Benefit
Districts and Special Benefit Areas for Tax Year 2015
Whereas, the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca held a properly advertised public hearing at the
Town Hall, 215 North Tioga Street, Ithaca, New York, on the 2nd day of October 2014, to
consider the 2014 Assessment Rolls for Special Benefit Districts and Special Benefit Areas for
the Town of Ithaca for Tax Year 2015; now, therefore,be it
Resolved, the governing Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby approves and adopts the
2014 Assessment Rolls for the Special Benefit Districts and Special Benefit Areas of the Town
of Ithaca for Tax Year 2015 as follows:
Fire Protection District: Assessed Value - $1,015,645,101.
Forest Home Light District: Assessed Value - $35,837,100.
Glenside Light District: Assessed Value - $4,309,000.
Renwick Heights Light District: Assessed Value - $12,832,600.
Eastwood Commons Light District: Assessed Value - $13,903,500.
Clover Lane Light District: Assessed Value - $2,306,000.
Winners Circle Light District: Assessed Value - $2,500,000.
Burleigh Drive Light District: Based upon 3,971.1 lineal feet.
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Westhaven Road Light District: Based upon Road Frontage of 6,732.0 lineal feet.
Coddington Road Light District: Based upon Road Frontage of 6,900.3 lineal feet.
Water Improvement Benefit Area: Units Available & Connected- 8,049.03.
Sewer Improvement Benefit Area: Units Available & Connected- 7,703.28.
Moved: Rod Howe Seconded: Tee Ann Hunter
Vote: Ayes -Howe, Hunter, Levine, DePaolo, Engman and Goodman
b. Amending the Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission
Agreement Increasing Water Rate Charges Effective January 1, 2015
Opened at 5:39 p.m. No one present wishing to address the Board and the hearing was closed.
TB Resolution No. 2014-160: Amend the Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water
Commission Agreement Increasing the Water Rate Charges
Whereas, the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca held a properly advertised public hearing at the
Town Hall, 215 North Tioga Street, Ithaca, New York, on the 2nd day of October 2014, for the
purpose of considering the proposed increase in the Water Rate Charges contained and put
forward in the Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission Preliminary Budget;
now, therefore, be it
Resolved, that the Town Board approves and authorizes the execution of an amendment to the
agreement of intermunicipal cooperation between the Town and several other municipalities
pursuant to which the Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission was formed,
which amendment would increase the water rate charged by the Commission from $4.08 per
1,000 gallons to $4.35 per 1,000 gallons, said changes to be effective January 1, 2015.
Moved: Tee Ann Hunter Seconded: Eric Levine
Vote: Ayes—Hunter, Levine, Leary, Engman, Goodman, DePaolo and Howe
c. Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission 2015 Preliminary
Budget.
Opened at 5:41 p.m. No one present wishing to address the Board and the hearing was closed.
TB Resolution No. 2014 - 161 : Approval of the 2015 Southern Cayu2a Lake
Intermunicipal Water Commission Budget(Bolton Point)
Whereas, the Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission's 2015 Budget has been
submitted to the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca and discussed and considered at its October
2, 2014 Budget meeting; now, therefore,be it
Resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca does hereby approve the 2015 Southern
Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission's budget.
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Moved: Bill Goodman Seconded: Herb Engman
Vote: Ayes—Goodman, Engman, DePaolo, Hunter, Leary, Levine and Howe
d. Proposed Increases to Town of Ithaca Water Rates and Sewer Rents Effective
January 1, 2015.
Opened at 5:43 p.m. No one present wishing to address the Board and the hearing was closed.
TB Resolution No. 2014 - 162: Increasing Sewer Rents in the Town of Ithaca Sewer
Improvement Area and Increasing Water Rates Chargeable to Consumers of Water in the
Town of Ithaca
Whereas, the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca wishes to revise the sewer rent and water rate
schedules for the Town of Ithaca Sewer Improvement Area and the Town of Ithaca Water
Improvement Area; and
Whereas, a public hearing, duly advertised and posted as required by law, was held at 215 North
Tioga Street, Ithaca,New York on the 2nd day of October 2014, and the public was permitted an
opportunity to be heard on the proposed increases; and
Whereas, pursuant to the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act ("SEQRA") and
its implementing regulations at 6 NYCRR Part 617, it has been determined by the Town Board
that adoption of the proposed resolution is a Type II action because it constitutes "routine or
continuing agency administration and management, not including new programs or major
reordering of priorities that may affect the environment," and thus this action is not subject to
review under SEQRA;
Now, therefore,be it
Resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby establishes and imposes the
following:
(1) Effective January 1, 2015 there is hereby imposed a sewer rent payable by all
users connected to the Town-wide sewer system at a rate of $4.27 per 1,000
gallons of water consumed.
(2) In addition, and notwithstanding the foregoing rate structure, there shall be a
minimum base charge for regular quarterly bills sent on or after January 1, 2015
in the amount of $34.16, which minimum charge is based on 8,000 gallons of
usage, regardless of whether that amount is actually used.
(3) Multiple housing and mobile home parks of over two dwelling units, using a
master water meter, will be computed as follows: The quarterly master water
meter reading will be divided by the number of dwelling units and the sewer rent
charge will be figured on this number as if the unit was individually metered. The
sewer rent will then be multiplied by the number of units on the master water
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meter and this will be the billing rendered and the amount payable. If the
calculation of the water consumed per dwelling unit is less than the amount that
would be permitted before exceeding the minimum sewer rent set forth above,
then the billing will be calculated by multiplying the number of units served by
the master water meter times the minimum sewer rent set forth above.
(4) The charges set forth above shall be effective with respect to bills rendered on or
after the effective dates set forth above, even if the measurement is for
consumption prior to the above effective dates (i.e., any bill rendered on or after
January 1, 2015, shall be calculated at the 2015 rate even if the sewer use
occurred prior to January 1, 2015).
(5) In the event a property is connected to public sewer, but is not connected to a
water meter, the sewer rent shall be based upon estimated water consumption as
reasonably determined by the Director of Public Works based upon recognized
methods of estimating typical consumption for the type of facility involved (e.g.,
gallons per day per bedroom).
Further Resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby establishes a water rate of
$6.38 per 1,000 gallons of water consumed with the following water rate schedule:
WATER RATE SCHEDULE
Effective January 1, 2015
The rate charged for water consumption shall be $6.38 per 1,000 gallons of water consumed.
The foregoing rate will be the rate charged for all regular quarterly bills sent on or after January
1, 2015. Actual or base consumption may occur prior to January 1, 2015.
Notwithstanding the foregoing rates, the following minimum base charges shall be applicable to
the meter size indicated below for regular quarterly bills issued on or after January 1, 2015. The
table below also shows the amount of water consumption that is permitted before the minimum
base charge would be exceeded:
METER SIZE BASE MINIMUM
(INCHES) CONSUMPTION CHARGE
(in Gallons)
3/4 10,000 $ 63.80
1 30,000 $ 191.40
1-1/2 45,000 $ 287.10
2 90,000 $ 574.20
3 140,000 $ 893.20
4 200,000 $ 1,276.00
6 350,000 $ 2,233.00
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Multiple Housing and mobile home parks of over 2 dwelling units, using a master meter, will be
computed as follows: The quarterly master meter reading will be divided by the number of
dwelling units and the water charge will be figured on this number as if the unit was individually
metered. The water charge will then be multiplied by the number of units on the master meter
and this will be the billing rendered. If the calculation of the water consumed per dwelling unit
is less than the allowable consumption for a three-quarter inch meter, then the billing will be
calculated by multiplying the number of units on the master meter times the minimum charge for
a three-quarter inch meter.
The water application fee for each new application for water service shall be the charges for new
water connections charged by the Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission
including application fees, meter charges, service tap fees, inspection fees, accessory materials,
installation costs, and any other fee or cost charged by the Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal
Water Commission for connecting new water services.
An annual charge for each fire protection main serving a fire suppression system will be billed
along with the first quarterly water bill of the calendar year. The annual charge for this service
shall be $20.00 per diameter inch of the pipe supplying the fire suppression system or such other
amount as is charged by the Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission for such
systems. The pipe supplying the fire suppression system is the pipe needed to supply the fire
suppression system, installed downstream of the system control valve.
In addition to any other charges due to the Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water
Commission or the Town, there shall also be due to the Town a charge of$25 for disconnecting
and a charge of$25 for reconnecting water service where water service has been disconnected
pursuant to Town Code § 261-4 for failure to pay water rates or other charges.
Moved: Rod Howe Seconded: Eric Levine
Vote: Ayes—Howe, Levine, Leary, Engman, Goodman, DePaolo and Hunter
Agenda Item 3 Discuss and consider approval of Elected Officials wages
Mr. DePaolo had questions about the different salary lines because he calculated the increase at
1% but then some have exceeded the COLA and he didn't understand where that percentage
came from. Mr. Engman explained that our policy has been that whatever our union staff gets
our non-union staff and elected officials get. Ms. Drake also explained that some people's wage
rise more than the base percentage because they hit their job rate. She also explained that there
will be an extra pay cycle in 2015 and that artificially increases the budget lines for personnel
services. Discussion followed focused on how the Board can approve a budget when we don't
know the real numbers and Ms. Drake said that the budget line is the best guess until
negotiations are concluded. Mr. Engman noted that the study on salaries and compensation that
was recently done showed that we are ahead of other municipalities so the thought is to reign it
in a little bit. Ms. Leary asked Ms. Drake what the CPI was and she responded 1.9%; Ms. Leary
stated that we are giving raises at almost half the rate of inflation and she would like to see a 2%
increase which is in line with the CPI.
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TB Resolution No. 2014- 163 :Approval of 2015 Elected Officials Salaries
Be it resolved, the governing Town Board of the Town of Ithaca does hereby approve the
salaries proposed below for the elected officials for the year 2015;
SUPERVISOR $ 36,616.32 (Paid Biweekly)
(includes Supervisor's Administrative Function pay)
DEPUTY TOWN SUPERVISOR $ 29,980.80 (Paid Biweekly)
(includes Board Member pay)
TOWN BOARD MEMBERS (5) $ 13,534.02 Each (Paid Biweekly)
TOWN JUSTICES' (2) $ 22,472.37 Each (Paid Biweekly)
; And, be it further
Resolved, the Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish the said salaries as
required by Section 108 of the Town Law.
Moved: Eric Levine Seconded: Bill Goodman
Vote: Ayes—Levine, Goodman, Engman, Hunter, DePaolo, Howe and Leary
Recording starts here:
Agenda Item 4 Presentation of the 2015 Tentative Budget—Discussion
Mr. Engman reviewed the budget process noting that the Budget Committee begins in February
and Department Heads begin looking at their budgets in the spring and submit worksheets in
July/August and work with Mr. Solvig, all the while the Budget Committee continues meeting
and having in depth discussions regarding capital projects etc.
This year we have finally started receiving the same amount of mortgage tax as we did in 2008
so for all those years, 2008-2014, we lost money through the mortgage tax and had to figure out
other ways to cover our expenses. Sales tax has recovered and that has basically been saving us.
The contributions to community organizations will total $324,414 and that is even with the cuts
that he has proposed. Those are programs that the Town runs and is the primary responsibility of
the Town, not some other body.
The tax levy will go up 2.28%which does keep us under the property tax cap so if we want to
stay under it and get whatever rebate there will be from the state that will get it to us.
Mr. Engman went on to say that what all this means is that the typical property owner in the
Town of Ithaca will see a decrease in their property tax bill of$4.20; however, the sewer and
water rate will go up by $4.16 so it is essentially an even budget in terms of what it is going to
cost our taxpayer.
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He hoped that as the Board goes through the budget, that our criteria is one, is each item valuable
to the Town of Ithaca—is our prime responsibility to run that program—are there other
municipalities that are contributing or are we the only ones—and the big question is whether we
want to stay under the tax cap because it is very close right now so if we increase somewhere we
would have to decrease somewhere else in order to do that.
Presentation Allen Green, Ithaca Youth Bureau (Attachment 1)
Here to talk about the Town's contribution to the City's waterfront parks and recreation
facilities. The Town has been a strong supporter of recreation for at least 20 years and in general
we are talking about Stewart and Cass Parks. He reviewed the handout he provided which
detailed the benefits of the parks and referenced a letter from Mayor Myrick who has asked that
the Town continue their support at the current level while other avenues for support or
investigated.
Mr. Green, in giving the history of the start of the Memorandum of Understanding with the
Town, noted that there were many meetings, a consultant was brought in and an ad hoc
committee of the Town, City and County met for over a year and the outcome was that the
County said we would love to help, but we can't and the Town stepped up and helped. That help
was focused on the operations side of the parks not the infrastructure and maintenance which are
extremely expensive. He added that the Town's contribution has remained relatively flat even
though costs for the infrastructure and maintenance costs have increased year to year.
Mr. Green stated he has begun talking about extending all City discounts to the Town which
would equal about $38K in direct benefit to town residents and he reviewed some old data that
showed 30% of park users are Town residents. The City has looked briefly at the idea of
charging for parking or going to a resident based parking system but no one really wants to go
that far and the hope is that the Town will continue its funding and meetings can take place
between the Town, City, County and other municipalities to work on securing contributions
more equitably.
Questions from the board
Ms. Hunter asked if we were to consider to try and work with the county or the city, how are we
going to guarantee that that actually happens and Mr. Green responded that we have the letter
from the Mayor and he has appointed a city manager who used to work for the county and has a
good working relationship with them and the intent is to make this happen. Mr. Green stated that
he couldn't guarantee that other municipalities or the county would contribute but he felt there
was a commitment to have meetings and explore the possibilities so he was optimistic that we
can at least have the conversation.
Mr. Engman pointed to item 9 on the handout regarding pushing other municipalities and asked
if Mr. Green knew why the County has not been pushed since the majority of the users are all
County residents. Mr. Green thought the County has depended on the many State parks and
referred back to the history where the County listened but ultimately said we can't help.
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Mr. Green talked about the cost differential between non- City/Town residents while keeping
others able to enjoy the parks too. Mr. DePaolo asked if he had any evidence that there are
financial barriers to participation by Town residents right now and Mr. Green responded that by
looking at scholarships you can get an idea and in non-recreation partnership programs, in the
past 3 years we have given about $4,500 in 3 years in scholarships to approximately 80 Town
residents per year.
Mr. Goodman asked how they determined town participation and Mr. Green reviewed some
numbers, mostly from 1980's- 1990's with a few from 2000 — 2013 rec partnership numbers
which came to 30%. Pool passes 2012: 23% and Rink passes 48%.
Mr. Engman thanked Mr. Green and turned the Board's attention to the tentative budget as a
whole and asked how the Board wanted to proceed. The Board had a couple of questions:
Budget Discussion
Ms. Hunter turned to the General Fund and asked about the management programs at $5,000; A-
4 1430.429 Contractual. Ms. Drake responded that there are programs for management training
being offered through TCOOG focusing on supervisory skills that we have been sending our
management staff and mid-level supervisory staff to. Ms. Hunter asked if she anticipated the full
amount being used this year so the estimated amount is incorrect and Ms. Drake responded that
she expects most of the budgeted amount to be used.
Ms. Hunter turned to page A5, the Town Hall Work Space Improvement at $l OOK and assumed
that this is the renovations and she thought it was a quote for $115K. Mr. Engman responded
that he thought we might be able to do some in-house so the number might be lower because of
that.
Ms. Hunter turned to Central Communications and stated that she has heard that we have phone
issues and is this amount to address those or keep the status quo and Ms. Drake responded that
she discussed the issues brought up at ERC with Lisa and some of those are programming issues
and not infrastructure and the amount in the budget is to keep the status quo although she would
love to a new system. Ms. Hunter stated that she vaguely recalled a quote from a few years ago
in the $35k area and Mr. Engman added that at some point we are going to have to get a new
system and Ms. Carrier-Titti wasn't ready to make any recommendations at this point because
technology has changed so much since that older quote.
Ms. Hunter turned to page A9, A7320.464 Youth Services Programs which she thought is the
Youth Employment program and it is projected at $74K where it was budgeted at $28K. Mr.
Engman explained that this is a reconfiguration of how the money is coming in and this is the
appropriations side that doesn't include the revenue side which will include the Town of
Caroline funds which will pass through.
Ms. Hunter asked about Land Acquisition further down on the page and the reserve accounts are
not reflected in the budget but she asked if we are setting aside money for land acquisition and
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asked where that is. Mr. Engman responded that Mr. Solvig has put it in there, maybe under
Parks,but affirmed that we are putting money aside. Ms. Hunter was satisfied with that answer.
Ms. Hunter turned to pg A10 and Home and Community Services at $45K Consultant Services
and Ms. Drake responded that she thought it was the intern covered under the NYSERDA grant
sustainability plan which will be balanced by the Park Grant funds.
Ms. Hunter turned to pg B3 and the Planning Study at $299K and Ms. Ritter responded that the
$150 that had been budgeted a few years ago is in there and Mr. Solvig has also been using that
line for other grants such as the Rte 96B study and other grants.
Mr. DePaolo turned to the summary page on Al and the Boiler replacement and the Emergency
Generator and asked Mr. Weber whether there have been any recent estimates done to back up
these numbers. Mr. Weber responded that the boiler figure came from the study done by
O'Brien and Greer and the generator is still based on information from suppliers based on the
power needed. Mr. DePaolo asked if that meant the $50K from last year is to be combined with
the $50K list year for the generator but we don't really know the bottom line yet and Mr. Weber
responded yes.
Mr. DePaolo also asked about the amount shown for our 1/3 match for the Forest Home
Walkway and our logic for appropriating a match for a grant that hasn't been awarded yet and
wondered if we could hold off on that until it is awarded or are we so confident the grant will be
awarded that we need to raise taxes now to pay for it. Mr. Engman responded that he hasn't
heard anything and it was put it so we can tell our funder that we have budgeted for it. Mr.
DePaolo asked when a decision is likely to be made but Ms. Ritter and Mr. Engman did not have
a timetable for it. Mr. DePaolo thought we should think about that a bit more because that is a
sizable amount to tax for that we don't know will happen and in the interest of transparency.
Mr. DePaolo turned to page 2 and referred to a discussion he had with Ms. Drake and looked at
the accounting line, Personal Services—the 2015 amount is 5%higher than the 2014 amount and
he asked her to break that down so he knew how much was attributable to the extra pay cycle
and how much to the COLA increase. Ms. Drake responded that she is projecting that the extra
pay cycle is roughly 4% and because of negotiations, this is best guess and when this extra pay
cycle comes around it is a large chunk of money but is money that has been earned. Mr.
Goodman responded that we will have to approve the actual wages but this is a best guess for
budgeting.
Mr. DePaolo turned to the contractual expenses and the projected numbers and Ms. Drake noted
that those are basically year-to-date numbers and if comparing amount, one should use the 2014
budgeted and the 2015 budgeted amounts. Mr. DePaolo thought it was actually projected not
year-to-date. He turned to the Buildings and Grounds, Equipment — Capital Outlay projected
$45K and he asked what that was. Mr. Engman responded that this is furniture for Town Hall
renovations. He thought that was a lot.
Mr. Goodman turned to pg A2 under both Town Board Conferences and Mileage and
Supervisors same and said that sometime earlier in the year we had talked about decreasing our
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per diems when we go down to NYC and he didn't know if that was reflected in this line and he
was interested in doing that. Mr. Engman thought it was but thought the reasoning was that
attendees get breakfast and a reception one night so having 3 days instead of 4 makes sense.
Discussion followed with Ms. Hunter asking if he meant the Orrick party and Mr. Engman
responded yes, breakfasts are covered and the reception. Mr. DePaolo thought that the per diem
is nickeling and diming on per diem but spending $45K on furniture and that seems ridiculous.
Mr. Engman added that this is a special per diem for NYC and in the interest of transparency it
should be accurate. Discussion followed with Mr. Engman stating that we could go to using
receipts again and Mr. Goodman added that we are giving full days for Sunday and Wednesday
and we aren't really there full days so taking one day is fair and Mr. DePaolo responded that he
agrees as long as we can continue the conversation about other things that we don't really need
in the budget that have a bit more impact to our taxpayers.
Mr. Goodman turned to pg 10 under Stormwater Maintenance and the $100K which was about
$2K two years ago, $78K in 2014 and now $100K. Mr. Weber responded that the description is
on page 6 and this includes the materials for Stormwater that is not part of any road work
projects and solely for Stormwater maintenance. Mr. Goodman asked Mr. Weber if he thought
this was an accurate number and Mr. Weber responded that with the last couple of years of heavy
rain events and the damage, we can't keep up with it and the prices just keep going up, so yes, he
thought it was accurate both in the projected number and the budgeted number.
Mr. Goodman turned to Contractual with road repairs and asked why it was split up 50150. Mr.
Weber responded that we generally do that and there is another narrative from Mr. Solvig that
explains some of the breakdown and descriptions on how NYS identifies different types of work
and monies we get for them.
Mr. Weber added that salt prices have gone up 19% from last year.
Mr. Levine asked when the question regarding the $111 K for the City parks will be and Mr.
Engman responded that after the public hearing those items will be discussed and he urged the
Board to be ready with amendments if they are wanted.
Mr. Howe was hoping the Board could come up with a concise list of items and amounts to
discuss so that everything is on the table before voting on individual funds so nothing is missed
and voting for an increase in one area and its effect on another is clear.
Ms. Hunter asked if procedurally the Board needs to adopt the tentative budget as the
preliminary budget because she did not want any inference that this is an approved budget. Ms.
Terwilliger responded that the tentative budget automatically becomes the preliminary budget as
a matter of process and that is indicated in the resolution setting the public hearing. She added
that the tentative budget is the Supervisor's alone and not the full Board's at all and he could put
an increase of millions in there but it means nothing until after the public hearing and the
Board's discussion, changes and adoption. Accepting the tentative is not accepting the contents
of the budget but merely moving it to the next step in the process. The title indicates who has
authority over it; the tentative is the Supervisors authority and the preliminary is the full Board's
authority and control.
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b) Consider Adoption of Tentative Budget and Set a Public Hearing Regarding the
Town of Ithaca 2015 Preliminary Budget for October 20^**
TB Resolution No. 2014 -164; Setting a Public Hearing Regarding the Town of Ithaca
2015 Preliminary Budget
Whereas the Town Supervisor filed his 2015 Tentative Budget to the Town Clerk on September
23,2014 and the Town Clerk presented it to the Town Board at its October 2,2014 Budget
meeting, and
Whereas the Town Board discussed and considered the 2015 Tentative Budget, now, therefore,
be it
Resolved that the Town Board accepts the 2015 Tentative Budget as the Preliminary Budget for
2015 for the Town of Ithaca; and be it further
Resolved, that the Town Board hold a public hearing at 215 North Tioga Street, Ithaca, New
York, on the 20*"^ day of October 2014 at 5:30 pm, for the purpose of hearing public comments
on the Town of Ithaca 2015 Preliminary Budget.
Moved: Bill Goodman Seconded: Rod Howe
Vote: Ayes - Goodman, Howe, Hunter, DePaolo, Levine, Leary and Engman
Agenda Item 5 Consider setting a public hearing regarding a proposed local law
entitled "Rescind Local Law 13 of 2014: A Local Law to Override the Tax Levy Limit
Established in General Municipal Law §3-C"
Discussion on whether this should be set now or after the public hearing on the budget. If we are
going to stay under the cap, the local law will have to be rescinded. The Board decided that
since there is time to set and hold the hearing later, the preference was to do that after the in-
depth discussion of the budget.
Agenda Item 6 Town of Ithaca Abstract
TB Resolution No. 2014 -165: Town of Ithaca Abstract
Whereas the following numbered vouchers have been presented to the Ithaca Town Board for
approval of payment; and
Whereas the said vouchers have been audited for payment by the said Town Board; now
therefore be it
Resolved that the governing Town Board hereby authorizes the payment of the said vouchers in
total for the amounts indicated.
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VOUCHER NOS. 5993 - 6044
General Fund Town wide 43,336.02
General Fund Part Town 3,007.47
Highway Fund Part Town 39,302.59
Water Fund 176,480.72
Sewer Fund 282,603.75
Forest Home Drive Upstream Bridge 9,713.11
Risk Retention Fund 193.25
Forest Home Lighting District 150.23
Glenside Lighting District 58.41
Renwick Heights Lighting District 64.11
Eastwood Commons Lighting District 148.53
Clover Lane Lighting District 17.29
Winner's Circle Lighting District 57.49
Burleigh Drive Lighting District 58.64
West Haven Road Lighting District 177.86
Coddington Road Lighting District 105.99
TOTAL 555,475.46
Moved: Rod Howe Seconded: Tee Ann Hunter
Vote: Ayes - Howe, Hunter, Engman, DePaolo and Goodman
Abstentions: Leary and Levine
The meeting was adjourned upon a motion and a second at 7:50 p.m.
Submitted
Paulette Terwiniger, Town Clerk
Adopted November 10, 2014
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^ V
TOWN OF ITHACA
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING AND PUBLICATION
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1, Paulette Terwilliger, being duly sworn, say that I am the Town Clerk of the Town of Ithaca,
Tompkins County, New York that the following notice has been duly posted on the sign board of
the Town Clerk of the Town of Ithaca and the notice has been duly published In the official
newspaper, Ithaca Journal:
n PUBLIC NOTICE
Elected officials salaries and notice that the preliminary budget
was submitted to the Town Clerk and is available for review
Location of Sign Board Used for Posting:
Town Clerk's Office
215 North Tioga Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
Date of Posting: 10/8/2014
Date of PijSllcatlon: 10/8/2014
Paulette Terwilliger
Town Clerk
STATE OF NEW YORK)
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TOWN OF ITHACA)
Sworn to and subscribed before me this A^^^^dav of
,2014.
Public
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TOWN OF ITHACA
PUBLIC NOTICE
The 2015 Town of Ithaca Pre-
llmlnary Budget has been
fded die Town Clerk and
<6 avails For review during
normal business hours and Is
avaiable on the web at
www.tOwn.ithscany.u8
The 2015 salanes of elected
officials of the Town of Ithaca
have been ^proved as Fol
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SUPEflVlSOFi
$35,616.32
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SUKRVtSOB
(includes board n^ber pay)
$29,980.60
TOWN 80AF1D MEMBERS
$13,534.02
TOWN JUSTICE
$22,472.37 •
Paulette Terwilliger
TownOerk
10/8/2014
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