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John Beach Receives 1
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Recognition
by Kathleen Drew
John Beach, Tompkins County's STOP- ,- I
DWI Coordinator, recently received recognition for
being one of six top STOP-DWI Coordinators in
New York for his participation in the Statewide
Project Z.E.R.O. DWI Blanket Patrol held April 25-
28, 1996. °
John received this recognition from the r
New York State office of MADD (Mothers Against
Drunk Driving), the New York State Division of .. '
Criminal Justice Services Bureau of Municipal
Police, and the New York State Governor's Traffic _r
Safety Committee for his outstanding contributions :
and dedication to highway safety and anti-DWI '"
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efforts and especially Project Z.E.R.O.
We congratulate John and thank him for "'
the never-ending energy that he commits to DON FRANKLIN RETIRES
making our roads safer. by Assessment Department Staff
On June 28, 1996 Donald F. Franklin's long and
distinguished career with the Tompkins County Division of
!,-,.,L Assessment will come to an end. Like a number of other
r .' p employees in the County, Don is opting for early retirement to
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pursue different interests. (We might even see him one day as a
court attendant.)
Ever since he came to work for the County in 1969 as
Assistant Director of Assessment, Don has exhibited the highest
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�5 d. standards of his profession. He is admired and greatly respected
uby the staff of the Assessment Division, as well as by his peers in
v assessment circles. He has served on the Board of Trustees for
the NY State Assessors'Association and devoted 16 years of hard
„,,,,, � �', y`? work to the Examining Committee which oversees the education
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His accomplishments at the Tompkins County Division of
Assessment are too numerous to list here. However, according to
Don, the most meaningful was developing a professional staff and
_...... leading them into the computer age.
Don is looking forward to spending more time with his
N, family - especially his grandchildren, playing golf, and for the first
Doti time after 27 years, really appreciating Spring without grievances.
On June 28, from 2:30-4:00 p.m. the staff of the Division
STOP FIRST of Assessment will hold an open house honoring Don on his last
THEN DON'T day as Director of Assessment. We invite all County employees
DRINK AND DRIVE to come to wish Don well for the future.
Best Wishes, Department Head Meeting
Minutes - 5/22/96
Don Franklin
by Scott Heyman t" � Present: K West, A Valenti, D Eckstrom, G Dentes, I Stein, A
it Fitzpatrick, J Hanson, A Cole, J Beach, N Zahler, C Nelson, J
Very best wishes to Yoder,J Steiner, J Crowell, S Ferri, B Benjamin
Director of Assessment Don
Franklin who retires June 28. ■ 1. ROLLOVER TASK FORCE. Irene reported that a
Tompkins recommendation appears likely from the Task Force that
County's assessment `„ , _;, will NOT allow funds left over in the previous year to be
operation is the envy of r.=fi t i., _ reappropriated in the current year at all but WILL allow
counties, cities, towns, and :i�/ 4:7::.40!.!::k them to be reappropriated to the subsequent year(through
villages around the state. =<;�` the annual budget process). Departments with pressing
Every other county in New York �':: needs would still be able to request funding from the
State has a county office that .r rte`:`'. contingent fund in the current year, and the amount they
maintains property data, but op;IPJ'i;, �l get would be subtracted from their rollover eligibility for the
assessing (i.e., determining of ylP 1 4.1bi/ subsequent year.
the fair market value of each I ; O��. Scott said he was concerned that some department
parcel of property) is done at I ;IL4.1.,4 heads might be hearing this proposal to mean that getting
the town, city, and village level, ill,11.1,16:.,; I contingent fund appropriations will therefore be routine; he
usually by elected officials who I :. said he will follow up to find out whether this is the case.
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are not required to have any 1 (,.., 2. DISCUSSION. How much and for what do departments
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assessing experience. charge each other;what changes, if any, should be made
Under the leadership VICKIE WAGNER in the method and amount of charging?
of Tom Payne and Don John Beach said, and several department heads
Franklin Tompkins County voters in 1969 approved a single agreed,that the practice of charging departments for items
assessment office with professional, appointed staff. Don that apply to all departments is onerous. If the Board of
does not believe that a great deal of money has been Representatives wants to fund things like Public
saved by the change— elected assessors traditionally were Information, Inservice Education, and County Corridors,
paid very little for their work. But he believes that the and needs to fund things like Risk Management, it should
payback in consistent, accurate assessments based only just do so directly.
on data about fair market value (rather than politics, Scott said that neither he nor the County Board prefers
friendship, or"intuition") has been substantial indeed. funding things like these through chargebacks to
State data bear him out. Every year state officials departments,but only by doing so can state and federal aid
compare a sample of an assessing unit's actual sales through the Departments of Social Services, Mental Health,
prices with its assessments on the same properties. Every and Public Health be secured. The amount of money that
year the data show that Tompkins County's assessment would be lost by simply funding these items directly would
staff maintain one of the fairest, most accurate sets of be very large.
assessments found anywhere in the State. If block grants ever do become a reality in the form that
Don Franklin often makes presentations to other has been widely discussed,this need to charge back items
counties who want to know how countywide assessing would go away and it would be perfectly logical to fund
works; I stood in for him at a State Association of Counties them through one central account.
meeting in Syracuse a few years ago when he could not Department heads understood and agreed that this
attend — at least 80 county officials attended the session. practice needs to continue. John Beach noted, and all
Interest was very intense. agreed, that the practice nevertheless does have a net
But the difficulty that other counties run into when negative impact on budgets like his, Airport's, and Solid
they try to consolidate and professionalize their Waste's, where general funds have never been provided
assessment operation as we have done is that the public to pay these costs.
referendum required to make the change must pass in all There was discussion of various other charges that
of the towns as a group, all of the villages as a group, and occur among departments and there was agreement that
in any cities as a group. If any one of these groups votes all are logical and should be continued — although the
no, the change cannot be made. In every case except specific amount that is calculated for"actual departmental
Tompkins and Nassau the opposition of currently elected costs" is often negotiable between departments. The one
assessors has been enough to convince the voters not to major exception to this was the unresolved issue of"Which
make the change. renovations and repairs to County-owned buildings will
Congratulations, then, to the foresight of the B&G pay for, and which ones are the department's
Tompkins County residents who modernized this important responsibility to pay for?"
function in a way that other counties can only dream about. Scott said that this has been a contentious issue during
And congratulations and best retirement wishes to Don the last couple of years and he will convey the message to
Franklin -- we'll try to continue the wonderful record and Arel and to the Board of Representatives that a commonly
tradition that you established. understood, and if possible agreed-upon, method of
determining who pays for these items is needed.
-\,,tr5,5.. lik DISPATCHERS WORK ON E-91 1
l by Julie Crowell
j A ) For the last year Mike Totman and Rob Doner, fire
a3 aC1J . . . , dispatchers, have been "cleaning" more than 45,000
G:J names and addresses for the new E-911 system. The two
work on the computerized database at the radio repair
FROM HERBIE HEART shop at the Crash, Fire and Rescue (CFR) building.
"The phone companies (NYNEX, Trumansburg Home
V Last year, more than 75,000 people were Phone, and Citizens) provided us with the customer
treated in hospital emergency rooms for listings and we're taking the information and correcting the
rollerblade injuries. Always wear wrist guards, street names and addresses,"said Totman.
a helmet, and knee and elbow pads to protect In addition to updating the E-911 database, Mike has
yourself. been a County fire dispatcher for 21 years. He got his start
in dispatching as a result of being a volunteer firefighter
V Mountain biking poses greater hazards than with the Ithaca City Fire Department, "My father and my
conventional biking. Use a motorcycle-type grandfather were volunteer firefighters. As a kid,you grew
helmet for high-speed and off-road biking, until up with that. If there was a structure fire at night,the whole
helmets are made specifically for high-velocity family would go and watch. . . it was a family thing."
direct impact.
The Healthy Heart/Health Promotion Program •
Tompkins County Health Department r . 0
Why does a slight tax i
increase cost you two x
hundred dollars and a , r i; k ,
substantial tax cut save you
thirty cents? r 1.
FOSTER PARENT .
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RECOGNITION DINNER '
by Maryanne Banks, Director of Services
D.S.S. held their fifth annual Foster Parent I yki ii
Recognition Dinner on May 3. At this event Linda Buck r
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of the Children's Services Unit, received the "Caseworker
of the Year Award"from the Foster Parents Association, .� ; ,,
and Paula Herman of the Homefinding Unit,was awarded * -� - ""� '- '�'� � �.
first runner up. Beth Jolles, now of the Children's �V
Intake/Child Protective Unit, and Kim Dickerson, now of L to R. Mike Totman, Rob Doner
the Families Together Unit, were also acknowledged for
their many years of service to the Foster Care Program. We've heard that with the coming budget
Congratulations to all who were recognized! cuts, County Departments will be able to give
the public a song or a dance but not both.
Staff changes
Staff changes occurring in the Services Division include:
Penny Calderazzo has moved temporarily to Child
Protective Services Unit. ketirement I '?eccptiof2
David Preston has returned to the Families
Together Unit,to temporarily fill Penny's shoes.
Nancy Tee has resigned her position as Secretary in honor o/ lire imminent retirement o/ our
to the Director of Services. /- Union inn �/� / /�/
Donna Whitaker has been promoted to Crechi l//nion Manager, /eoberta C hieia, a
temporarily fill that position. toil // /�J c�
Janet Wiese is temporarily sitting in as keyboard reception will be `i I _�riciay. 6/21 /rom 3 p.m.
specialist in the Clerical Unit. / /J
Nadine "Dina" Parry of the Families Together until/�5:30 p.m., at the Credi//--
t Union o f f ice.
Unit, and Sylvia Brumfield-Fish of the Children's
Intake/Child Protective Services Unit, have
resigned their positions. "••--7,--,•"
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Final Resultsm
1. ADVOCATES "
2. STRAY CATS : ,
3. BIT BY BIT -
4. PLANNED OBSOLECENCE / / ^'" t
5. PSYCHE NIKES _ !,. ''. ,-,_,A:.T3_.fo_,_4.--ii
6. GOOF TROOP N, -
7. PLATE MATES
8. WARD'S WARRIORS .i ;¢
9. CELLAR RATS }
10. SIX GEMS&2 ROCKS 1-
11. TAXING EFFORT , t '
12. EAGER EIGHT r �►
13. CFR ARFF'S .� r:. _
14. JUST DO IT
15. WILLS OF STEEL
16. ENERGIZERS '
17. THE FITNICKS '°-. ' -- ',
18. SECOND CHOICE
19. WAIST AWAY 1 -. '-
20. PERSONNEL PIGLETS ;;K .`,
21. LEAN TENDER CUTIES .. l
22. CRYPTOS ' ` t
23. LEFTOVERS ..
24. THE WEEBLES
25. HUNG JURY
26. HEALTH DEPT. FUR BALLS
27. TCPL PACESETTERS - 4
28. SMELLY CATS -1, #7
29. MAD DOG'S PUPPIES _: 4 418 y, 1f ' ,- 9 �✓= ii
30. COFA SPRINGERS � .
31. WIC STERS •;. pi!
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35. THE RULE OUTS
36. YOUTH BUREAU BLITZERS t '1`
37. UNDECIDED . i
38. KNAPP-SACKS i, .,a F
39. EXAMINERS ON THE RUN
40. THE SWEATIN' SHUFFLERS 28
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3. BIT BY BR ; .e/ ;.
4. PLANNED OBSOLECENCE `i �f
5. PSYCHE NIKES , I 6 `sl/ ¢ s 'l■
6. GOOF TROOP N. ►`�/" _ . �' f L
7. PLATE MATES _ .I k Y -'
8. WARD'S WARRIORS _ ._
9. CELLAR RATS '' ��__ �� -
10. SIX GEMS 8.2 ROCKS - ;.
11. TAXING EFFORT AS. 30 s1r (»--`
12. EAGER EIGHT ?' ,
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26. HEALTH DEPT.FUR BALLS .
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ATTENTION BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ENROLLEES
For the convenience of our employees and retirees who may be traveling or living outside of the
10 county service area of Blue Cross Blue Shield plans throughout the United States. This list will be
helpful to you if you are out of the Central NY, and need a participating provider under Blue Cross and/or
Blue Shield; by calling the 800 number for the state you're in, they can direct you as to how to find a
participating provider in your particular location in that area.
BCBS of Alabama BCBS of Maine BCBS of the Rochester BCBS of South Carolina
1-800-292-8868 1-800-832-6011 Area 1-800-922-4061
1-800-482-0966 1-800-847-1200
BCBS of Arizona Blue Cross of South
1-800-232-2345 BCBS of Maryland BOBS of Central NY Dakota
1-800-524-4555 1-800-633-6066 (in 1-800-225-6546
Arkansas BCBS state only)
1-800-238-8379 BOBS of Massachusetts South Dakota Blue
1-800-253-5210 BOBS of Utica- Shield
Blue Shield of California Watertown 1-800-952-1976
1-800-910-1010 BCBS of Michigan 1-800-544-1450(in state (in state only)
1-800-848-5101 only)
Blue Cross of California BOBS of Tennessee
1-800-999-3643 BOBS of Michigan BCBS of North Carolina 1-800-258-3612
1-800-848-5101 1-800-487-5522
BOBS of Colorado BCBS of Memphis
1-800-433-5447 BOBS of Minnesota BCBS of North Dakota 1-800-422-2722
1-800-382-2000 1-800-874-2656
BCBS of Connecticut BCBS of Texas
1-800-545-0948 BOBS of Mississippi Community Mutual 1-800-521-2227
1-800-222-8046 Insurance Co.
BOBS of Delaware 1-800-467-4663 BOBS of Utah
1-800-633-2563 BOBS of Kansas City 1-800-662-0876
1-800-892-6048 BOBS of Ohio
BOBS of Florida 1-800-472-1740 BOBS of Vermont
1-800-888-6758 BOBS of Missouri 1-800-457-6648
1-800-392-8740 BOBS of Oklahoma
BOBS of Georgia 1-800-722-3130 BOBS of Virginia
1-800-441-2273 BOBS Montana 1-800-451-1527
1-800-447-7828 BOBS of Oregon
Hawaii Medical Service 1-800-452-7390 BOBS of Washington &
Association BOBS of Nebraska Alaska
1-800-776-4672 1-800-642-8980 Pennsylvania BS 1-800-345-6784
1-800-367-9378
BC of Idaho BOBS of Nevada King County Medical
1-800-627-1188 1-800-992-6907 Capital Blue Cross Blue Shield
1-800-958-5558 1-800-544-4246
BS of Idaho BOBS of New
1-800-632-2022 Hampshire Independence BC Mountain State BOBS
1-800-225-2666 1-800-358-0050 1-800-344-5514
BCBS of Iowa
1-800-362-2218 BCBS of New Jersey BCBS of Western BCBS United of
1-800-624-4758 Pennsylvania Wisconsin
BOBS of Kansas 1.800-235-4999 1-800-242-9035
1-800-432-3990 BOBS of New Mexico
1-800-835-8699 BC of Northeastern BOBS of Wyoming
BOBS of Kentucky Pennsylvania 1-800-442-2376
1-800-801-8365 BOBS of Western NY 1-800-829-8599 (in state only)
1-800-888-8757
BCBS of Louisiana BCBS of Rhode Island
1-800-599-2583 Empire BOBS 1-800-527-7290 Blue Cross
1-800-261-5962 vQQ Blue Shield
of Central New York
PARTNERS FOR QUALITY UPDATE
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More DSS employees are getting involved in the quality o ∎' r4., by Nancy Zahler, Youth Bureau
process. While the Services Division Phone Team was ' P:,..„e..i'\�,
completing their work, the staff in the newly created Long Term �,
Care unit of DSS began daily management training. Since the
staff of this new unit are a blend of employees who previously -—N. The staff from these three units have formed an
worked in Office for the Aging, Health and DSS, they are using Eligibility Team and are close to making recommendations on
their 5-6 sessions with Cornell trainer Marcia Calicchia to find how they could make the process simpler for their "customers"
new,more effective ways to organize and share their work. Once and use their own staff time more efficiently.
they documented the time it took to provide their various After a few staff from each of the three units began to
services, they identified problems in State forms which cause participate in the Eligibility Team, the rest of the staff and
duplication and inefficiency. Marcia is talking to State officials to supervisors from the full Food Stamps and Medicaid Units of
see if she can get some changes at the top so local staff won't DSS have asked to start their Daily Management Training. Each
have to waste time on unnecessary paperwork. unit will meet separately with Marcia Calicchia starting on June
The Income Maintenance Division of DSS is also in the 11,to look at the customers they serve,the work they do and the
middle of a project to streamline the intake procedures required obstacles that get in the way of them providing high quality
of those attempting to qualify for Food Stamps, Medicaid and service to fully meet their customers' needs. As each group
Public Assistance. Right now, because the programs are funded identifies obstacles or processes that don't work well, they will
separately by the federal and state governments, each unit has then select a few they can do something about. Then they will
developed its own procedures for getting and checking look at what is causing the problem and begin to identify changes
information to help eligible people qualify as quickly as possible. to improve the work. If they have a feeling about a problem but
However, the same low-income family might be eligible aren't sure just how frequent or costly the problem is, they will
for all three programs and currently might have to have several gather data to help them develop appropriate solutions. With
appointments to provide very similar information to qualify for data,they will also be able to measure their work later to see just
each program separately. how efficient they have become.
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Powerful Presentation Skills- Career Track c sentence.
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Prophet of Quality- W. Edwards Deming .=A 6. O
Quality 2000: The Next Decade of Progress iii I v
Quality 2000: How to Hit a Moving Target 41 o°,
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Self-Esteem& Peak Performance- Career Track ti Future 1 Future payoff.
Team Building - Career Track c Laziness pays off
Total Quality Management - PBS
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Understanding and Setting Performance Standards o O
Documenting Performance for the Performance Evaluation
The Performance Evaluation Change is inevitable
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ALSO: Monthly Training Tracks* -except from a
*call for a detailed list for each month vending machine.
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Unclassifieds Personnel Personals
For Sale: Congratulations to:
1989 Dodge Caravan or 1988 Nissan- Helen Beach of the Finance Department on her
Sentra-some new parts, both need work. appointment to Budget and Finance Manager.
387-9035 after 5 p.m. or leave message.
Lisa, Finance-Purchasing and Wayne, B&G, Eaton; Aunt
POTTERY: custom made or already and Uncle of Brittany Nicole, born May 29, 1996.
made. Many useful items! Bowls, mugs,
pet dishes, pitchers, vases, and more. Tom Cannon, B&G, on the birth of son Thomas Joseph
You can pick the colors too! Charlene p
Dorsett 898-9556. born May 24. Liz,Comptrollers, and Louis, DSS, Loiselle,
are the proud grandparents and Louis Loiselle II,Airport,
is the Uncle.
ON Chris Brill, Finance-Purchasing, on the birth of son Connor
. ;, VACATION Allen, born June 5, 1996.
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. .40 771ri••• _ ��' >>; Apologies to:
��. . �,�, �`� L � contributors and readers of the May issue of County
,y / Corridors, and especially to Lisa Eaton, proofreader of s a m e.
'• Lisa found mistakes for me to correct in that issue and I did
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'.. r , 4.. correct them, but then by mistake took the uncorrected copy to
� the printers. I sincerely apologize to all. Ruth Pond,Editor
VICKIE WAGNER , •WAGNER Articles to be considered for the JULY-AUGUST issue must
be received by Wednesday, July 10, 1996. Lengthy articles
Your County Corridor's Board is taking should be on disk. Send by interdepartmental mail to Ruth
a vacation, so your next issue will be a Pond, Finance/Purchasing or 125 East Court St., Ithaca, NY
14850. Fax: 274-5505.
July-August combination. You will
receive it August 1 unless we're
having a re-e-e-e-ally good time! "Mom!"the excited third-grader yelled, "I made 100 at school today!"
"Great! I'm proud of you," his mother replied. "What class?"
The facelift on the
original Court House "Well, I got a 50 in spelling, a 30 in science and a 20 in math."
is a definite
improvement! ji �� UNCLASSIFIEDS
�- "OClassified ads up to 25 words in length are free to County employees, retirees
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: /), and their immediate families. Ads may be for any purpose except no personal ads•
�= „i sliF will be accepted. No County addresses or telephone numbers may be listed in
II �� - . y ir i I these ads. Use this coupon to send your ad to•
.,4g+ ' Corridors c/o Finance-Purchasing. Please type or print legibly! Thanks!
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s COUNTY CORRIDORS
Articles and opinion pieces for County Corridors are selected by the volunteer
_IA 1 t' editorial board based on their interest to Tompkins County employees and retirees.
°— They do not necessarily express the opinions of the Editorial Board. Material is
: vi� , , ! I II t; solicited from current employees, retirees and others.
Material for publication is selected by the editorial board which reserves the right
to
"� `� ' edit any submissions except in the instance of copyright articles. The Editorial
—� s t Board is made up of: Bill Chapp, Social Services, Sharon Cooper, Assessment;
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Lisa Eaton, (Proofreader), Finance-Purchasing; lretta Ellis, Information Services;
_ Scott Heyman, County Administrator; Louise McEwen, Personnel; Ruth Pond,
"'� ' "_- "° (Editor), Finance-Purchasing; Marilyn Strassberg, Office for the Aging; Judy T n k,
(Chair),Weights and Measures;and Vickie Wagner, (Artist), Drafting Technician.
"s = -- Correspondence may be sent through County inter-department mail to: County
If those old walls could talk. . . . Corridors,c/o Finance-Purchasing, 125 East Court St., Ithaca, NY 14850.