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Home My WebLink About1999 (4) eccCOUNCIL. E F: T :..:::...:..:f:..:.HOUR _. a. :. ....... :............ . FAYRDLI. A OF AUGUST 13 53.50 21.25 REFER! 197 14EEKS- 0 0 PAY 379.85 148.75 DANIELS. NICOLE DEL. SIGNOURE" MICHAEL 77.00 83.25. 0 0 423.50 541.0-:r FERRY. 30YEE . _.. . ._ . a; _ : ! . LDI . r 50.0C C) 275.00 SOLDBERG. HEATHER 150.75 0 507.50 3.= 123.50 0 G. 8 80. 50 56.00 0 ..:......._ _. a... - 2SS. 40 50.00 11 .: e'A:"i .i i. 0 �C :'r:{.,, is ; . '•: . , — PHLLER. 71.25 o 641.24 .. i EAH 50.00 75.50 o 0 350.0- 434.12 1OCKER. EMILY ROSE 89.25 CA 58013 39.50 0 217.25 VOiTISEK. ANDREA f..15. 7 >• - a 2 .. V.. CQ— ;-; a F--� � i .t f c {,'• - - - _ _ - Please consider this letter in conjunction with the FCC's budget request, submitted in August and attached with some additional notes. The ECC has requested an increase of $800 -- 3%. The ECC requests at least level funding. Any cuts would come from summer camp, as our other funders - the County and United Way -- designate their funding by program and support primarily the programs run by our program manager -- the teen program, youth and family (the old_ enrichment program), and the CIT and teen job readiness programs. The program manager funded by these sources also puts 6 hours a week in with the Outings program at the Ithaca Youth Bureau, which serves 13 high-risk and mainstream Enfield teens, and is funded by the County by direct payment to the Ithaca Youth Bureau. The ECC is requesting the additional town funding to support our full array of programs - particularly summer camp and meeting the matching requirements of some of our other funding sources, and to continue to pay the'Recreation partnership, which about 165 Enfield families participated in last year. The ECC has tried to cut expenses. As we have reported to the Town Board, in 1998 we got our own bulk mailing permit, raised camp fees, charged the full cost of camp as to children whose parents/grandparents/guardians were not Enfield residents. We are starting a business listings in our newsletter to bring increased revenue, as well as a free teen job wanted section. Our teen band events -- sponsored at the request of, and planned by, Enfield teens, are self-supporting by a $2 requested donation to pay for refreshments and portajohns. Adult volunteers chaperone -- at a ration of 1:10 -- and ensure that vacuuming and garbage removal is done after each event. The ECC has all new officers -Jack Kulp 273-2632, Dave Albrecht, Carol Givin, and. Vera Straight; Jane remains available to answer questions about this year's budget and is home tonight 277-1774. Sheetl Enfield Community Council 2000 Estimated Revenue �L I nw iWl7 + JeAve- (United Way I $ 17.634 ) ;Fees $ 6,000 (County: MJP Funds $ 2,500 State Aid $ 2,37 ' + � Fundraising $ 3,000'' / 199 Town Tax $ 27,567 TOTAL $ 59,079 12000 Programs AfppvtµtQ fRec. Partnership $ 5,290 S -ships Afterschool $ 4,077 V 1 1A y J �C ni '� r�D + v 1- 0 .t iv : • ? tea. �., (Newsletter $ 2,200{� rl.i (Administration 1 $ 3,500 i �..1> Jh t : �J6vc �� p ISummer Camp $ 32,000 vft h dim i y $ 4,712 G' Outin s i r;� $ 2,300 -so — �r, Teen Jobs�$ 5,000- --- --- - _ �.�- TOTAL 111 $ 59:079 i Ii County pays Cornell Cooperative Extenision $15,000 to employ 1 +Part time Rural Program Manager#or I=nfield, I , IyC rifIryr Page 1 ENFIELD COMMUNITY COUNCIL FOR THE MONTH PAYROLL. OFN jumE REPORT 1999 EMPLOYEE HOURS WEEKS 6 R 0 03, PA" 0.0 4 .t HUBBELL. LINDA .360.00 MCFALL. DIANE- 0.0 0 ARMSTRONG. DARLENE 0.0 0 s_ 0.0 - 0.00 l_ _ j •e f) MONTH a t' : r : AL i26.0 8.0 2.962.00 �NFIELD COMMUNITY COUNCIL FOR THE MONTH - PAYROLL OF: MAY REFORT 1999 EMPLOYEE HOURS WEEKS GROSS 0.0 4 PAY 1.360.00 HUBBELL. LINDA HU8BELL. STEVEN LENER. MARGARET 66.5 65.0 `0 0 465.50 455.00 MCFALL. DIANE 0.0 0 D.O0 ARMSTRONG. DARLENE 0.0 0 0.00 FRENCH. JOHN 0.0 0 0.00 MINSTER. THERESA 37.0 0 222.0� CLATE. TONIA 0.0 4 720.00 0.0 O 0.00 MONTH TOTALS>>> ... ...... ..... ____ 168.5 `8.0 3.222.50 Town of Enfield: State & County Youth Aid +1 1998 1999 Aid Categories: State Aid Rec. $ 1,1991 $ 1,199p - Youth Svs. $ 1,179 $ 1,179' County Youth Svs Munic Jobs NOTAL '8,147 $ 1,50CP $ 12;025 $ 15,000Q' $ 2,500 $ 19,878 1. In 1998 the Municipal Jobs Funds, allocated in the middle of the year, were received through a direct contract with Enfield Community Council. 2. The $15,000 in funding is allocated through a direct contract with Cooperative Extension for a 112 time (20 hrs. per week) program manager. All programs that are operated are done so under the guidance of the ECC. 3. State Aid funds are swapped for an equal amount of County Funds to allow faster claiming and more flexible use of funds. Ideas on Improving EMC Communication/Function (preparrd 5/24/99) 1. Regularly schedule EMC reports at PIRE meetings — these began in March. 2. Prepare a script after each EMC meeting for EMC members to take to their town board meetings. 3. Schedule 2 or 3 municipal reports on each EMC meeting agenda for the municipal representatives to report on activities in their municipalities. 4. Produce a one-page quarterly executive summary of EMC activities to mail to the clerks of all towns/villages/city for distribution to all elected board members. 5. Develop Communication guidelines about which EMC members are authorized to officially speak and write letters on behalf of the EMC and in what circumstances. 6. Copy all official EMG letters to the EMC Chair, the. Chair of the Planning Committee of the BOR, and the Planning Commissioner, and, if appropriate, the BOR member from the district affected. 7. Put the following disclaimer on the EMC letterhead: "The EMC is a, citizen board that advises the County Board of Representatives on matters relating to the environment, but does not necessarily express the views of the Tompkins County Board of Representatives." 8. Explain clearly in all EMC correspondence if a project was reviewed and the letter written by a committee of the EMC or by the EMC as a whole. 9. Change the EMC letterhead to make it look less like the BOR and Department letterhead, to make it easier for the press and other groups to distinguish the . EMC from the official County governing body. 10. Delay releasing information to the press until people on the distribution list have received them. Cost of Community Services Study: Tompkins County Executive Summary August 1995 Background The Tompkins County Agriculture and Farmland Protection Board recommended this study to assess the contribution of agriculture to the local tai base and to communicate the value of maintaining agriculture as a component of the rural economy. The purpose of a Cost of Community Services Study is to reveal the ratio of revenues generated to services demanded by different land use sectors: residential, agriculture/open space, and commercial/industrial. Tompkins County has been enjoying economic expansion and along with that expansion come increased development pressures and growth into formerly rural areas. This growth effects farming primarily by causing rising land values and increased property taxes. Steps in the process Land in the county was divided into residential, agriculture/open space and commercialfindustrial land use categories based on the property classification codes used in land assessment. The percent of the tax base provided by each sector was determined. • Budgets for the County and each town were obtained. Revenues were allocated to different land use categories according to the percent of taxes paid by each sector. Expenditures were allocated according to the intent of the service. For example education expenses were assigned to the residential sector. (School budgets were included in town budgets.) Findings • In every town and the County residential land uses receive a greater amount of services than can be supported by revenues raised from the residential sector. On the other hand, towns receive more in revenues from agriculture/open space and commercial/industrial sectors than is returned to these sectors in services. • For example, in the Town of Danby, for everydollar raised in revenues residences received $1.17 NNorth of services or 17% more services for taxes contributed. At the same time agriculture/open space receive only $0.40 in services for each dollar contributed. • The primary reason for this difference in services received on the town level is agriculture/open space uses and commercial/industrial uses do not demand education services. On the county level the difference can be attributed to social services and mental health services. Implications • Increasing a town or county's tax base through residential growth, will not bring an increase in net revenue to municipalities, rather a decrease, because residences demand more services. In planning for the future, municipalities should consider the positive attributes of agriculture, especially its low demand of local services. Funding education through property taxes is not equitable for farm, business and industry owners. Means should be identified to ease the burden placed on farm operators. MAY REC PSHIP REPORT 1) Interim Report -- by end of May? 2) Continuation of RP in year 2000 on present terms? 3) Need additional year to hammer out new RP contract. 4) County role -- fairness to towns that don'tparticipate now/ may elect not to participate if costs become too high. 5) Effect on local programs, i.e.: that there is a limited amount of money available for all youth recreation programs. 6) ICSD lines -- what about towns that are split among up to 4 school districts (Enfield, Caroline, Danby)? Are kids who are not in ICSD using RP programs? 7) City of Ithaca, Town of Ithaca, Village of Lansing use RP for virtually all youth recreation. Outlying municipalities tend to have their own vital rec programs. 8) City of Ithaca's choice to build facilities - no other RP member got to vote on this. 9) 2 tier system for RP buy -in (ie: core of, for example, 7 most popular programs) 10) More budget figures top be presented in future. 11) Importance of RP -- that almost everyone belongs allows daily rates that are same for all county residents. If more municipalities drop out, daily rates (pool, ice rink)1 likely to rise. 12) Possibility that if a municipality does not buy into RP, residents can buy in for reduced program rates? Tried in `87(?), not politically popular with City of Ithaca. Ouestions from April Enfield Town Board Meeting Scholarship source. Report to be distributed by IYB. Basically, grants, loss of -income (i.e.- IYB writes off), DSS. Capital improvements, Cass park. See enclosed capital costs report. Share of icerink time to RP programs -- see p. 2 icerink report. In effect, only significant program is skating lessons. But see point 11 , above. Maintenance cost Cass Park 49% City of Ithaca, 51% RR All rewnue'from facilities goes to RP. Cass Park facilities = 67% total RP budget. Costs to children. Rink --season pass. $25 child. $50 student. $60 adult Daily rates in June report. Pool. Family season pass $30. Daily: child $I, student $1.75, adult $2.25, Sr. $1.5