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Preliminary Budget 1999
November 4, 1998
TOWN OF DANBY
PUBLIC HEARING MINUTES
NOVEMBER 4, 1998
PRELIMINARY BUDGET 1999
PRESENT :
Supervisor Kenneth Horst
Councilpersons : Joel Gagnon, Edward Inman, Howard Steiner, Naomi Strichartz
Others Present:
Carol W . Sczepanski - Town Clerk
Susan Beeners - Code Enforcement Officer
Members of the Public:
l Judy VanDermark, Toni McBride, Esther Dotson, Elizabeth Owens-Roe, Mary Lou Hardesty, Mary
Oltz, Linda Howe, Faith Chase, Ted Jones, Dorothy and Willard Daetsch, Pat Woodworth, Ernest
Payton, George Payton, Jim Houghton, Charles Tilton
Public Hearing Declared Open
Supervisor Kenneth Horst declared the public hearing open at 7 : 05 p .m. and read the following
"Notice of Publication" :
"NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Preliminary Budget for the Fiscal Year 1999 will be
completed and filed in the office of the Town Clerk at 1830 Danby Road, Town of Danby, Ithaca,
New York, where it will be available for inspection after October 29, 1998 , 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 Town
Hall , 1830 Danby Road, Ithaca, New York, County of Tompkins at 7 : 00 P . M . on the 4th day of
November 1998 . 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 that the following are the proposed yearly salaries of
elected town officials of the Town of Danby :
Supervisor $ 10,609
Town Clerk/Tax Collector $ 15 ,000
Highway Superintendent $ 34 , 000
Town Justices (2) (Each) $ 4 , 500
Town Councilpersons (4) (Each $ 1 , 737
By Order of the Town Board
Carol W . Sczepanski, Town Clerk
Dated : October 27 , 1998
Published : October 29 , 1998 "
Supervisor Horst reported that the Town Board has held several work sessions in preparation of the
budget and that the Preliminary Budget as presented tonight shows a tax increase of 1 . 96 % .
Danby Area News Funding
Danby Area News Editor, Elizabeth Owens-Roe - 1820 Danby Road -- addressed the Board and
thanked Councilperson Gagnon and Councilperson Steiner for alerting her that the Danby Area News
Budget was being cut by approximately 60% .
The following members of the public addressed the Board regarding the funding for the Danby Area
News Flyer and the Danby Area News :
Esther Dotson - 246 Updike Road
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Preliminary Budget 1999
November 4, 1998
Judy VanDermark - Community Council President
Mary Oltz
Toni McBride - Danby Resident
Pat Woodworth - 305 Gunderman Road
Mary Lou Hardesty - 50 South Danby Road
Dorothy Daetsch - 1344 Danby Road
Willard Daetsch - 1344 Danby Road
Ernest Payton and George Payton
Other Public Comment
Mary Oltz - 1873 Danby Road - would like to know if the Board intended to put Capitol Reserves
into the Highway Funds in the budget and does it include a salt shed for the Highway Department .
Linda Howe - asked for clarification of adjustments included in the Preliminary Budget.
Charles Tilton - 305 Gunderman Road - wants the possibility of using the World Wide Webb for
both the Danby Area News and the Flyer .
Supervisor Horst said that the budget is not final and that the Town Board would take into
consideration what the public has told us tonight in terms s on this budget and it' slnotloveg
the budget. The Board has worked very hard and spen t lot of hour s
yet. We know we can' t make everybody and hope that we have a good budget for 1999 .
Public Hearing Declared Closed :
Supervisor Horst declared the public hearing closed at 8 : 15 p . m .
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Carol W . S e anski , Town Clerk
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