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Special Board Meeting
November 18 , 1995
TOWN OF ULYSSES
SPECIAL TOWN BOARD MEETING
November 18 , 1995
P resent : Supervisor Doug Austic ; Councilpeople Robert Weatherby ,
Catherine Stover , Tom Reitz , Ben Curtis ; Town Clerk
Marsha Georgia .
D iscussion of tax rates in 1995 vs 1996 took place .
The Court was discussed . Mr . Curtis said he doesn ' t mind raising
Judge Rector to $ 10 , 000 . if this is accompanied by a note stating
that the Board is committed to correcting the imbalance between
the two judges over time . . . and hold the one position at $ 10 , 000
until the other is brought into line . . . this gives him notice that
this is what we are doing .
Mr . Reitz said he would like to see Judge Rector go to $ 10 , 000 .
and add $ 1 , 500 . to Judge Springer ' s salary .
Mr . Austic said that basically there is no complaint over the
salary , the complaint is that the Board didn ' t give the 3 % to the
D eputy Clerk . Since that has been addressed and the Deputy Clerk
w ill receive the 3 % , the rest is up to the Board to determine .
L ook also at the revenue the Court is generating . We ' ve raised
it to $ 30 , 000 . for 1996 .
Mr . Weatherby said that we ' ve been discussing bringing the two
judges closer for several years so it shouldn ' t be a surprise .
Mrs . Georgia said that the bottom line is that the Board doesn ' t
tell the department heads what is happening , so after a while the
department heads don ' t bother to even come with their requests .
Mr . Austic said that generally he tried to put in what was
requested . Mrs . Georgia addressed the hours for her Deputy Clerk
and the hours that were cut . . . these additional hours ( 12 / month )
w ere added two years ago to cover the Clerk ' s vacation , sick
time , etc . ; now they have been taken away .
Returning to the Court discussion , Mr . Weatherby said he wasn ' t
in favor of the full $ 1 , 500 . increase for the second justice ;
Mrs . Stover said she wasn ' t either . Don ' t however feel that.
somewhere down the road we never increase the $ 10 , 000 . cap on the
one justice . . . don ' t know what the future will bring . Mr . Curtis
said it ' s just a plan . . . one other thing I would throw out is that
if the Court gets busier we could receive a request for
additional help . Right now it ' s not quite self - sufficient .
Mrs . Stover said she could go with an additional $ 500 . in
addition to the 3 % to be added to Justice Springer ' s salary . Mr .
Austic said it will take about 7 - 8 years to get that salary up to
the other Justice salary , but it will work . Mr . Weatherby agreed
that a memo be given to Justice Rector indicating that the
$ 10 , 000 . salary is capped . Mr . Reitz said that message has been
g iven several times . Mr . Reitz also felt that each department
should be given a memo breaking out the personnel services so
that everyone knows exactly what they are earning .
Mr . Rustic said the Board increases the Justice budget to
$ 42 , 415 . Increase the Revenue side to $ 30 , 000 ; the remainder of
the 1996 Budget stays the same . Breakdown for Court Department is
as follows : cap Justice Rector at $ 10 , 000 . ; Justice Springer will
✓ eceive $ 5 , 631 . 42 ; Court Clerk will receive $ 20 , 894 . 58 ; Deputy
Court Clerk will receive $ 5 , 88.9 .
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S pecial Board Meeting
N ovember 18 , 1995
H earing no further discussion , Mr . Curtis moved , seconded by Mr .
W eatherby adoption of the 1996 Budget as amended .
. Mr . Austic Aye
Mr . Reitz Aye
Mrs . Stover Aye
Mr . Curtis Aye
Mr . Weatherby Aye
Adopted .
S ome discussion ensued regarding the Town insurance . Ithaca
Agency will be coming to Board Meeting to discuss their coverage .
Mr . Weatherby felt that Mr . Farrell should be invited to
attend . . . been our agent for many , many years , perhaps he can
listen to presentation and advise us why there is a difference .
Mr . Austic suggested gift certificates for the employees rather
than turkeys . . . same amount of money . . . $ 10 . per person . Mrs .
Stover will take care of the certificates .
H earing no further business , Mrs . Stover moved , seconded by Mr .
Curtis to adjourn the Special Town Board Meeting . Unanimously
approved the meeting adjourned at 10 : 10am .
Respectfully submitted ,
Marsha L . Georgia
Town Clerk
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