Supervisor's Report June 2007
June 5, 2007
It is count down time. One month has passed since my son Aaron has left for Iraq. There are 14 more months before he comes home. I want to thank the Town of Varick for helping to make those months pass quickly. Keeping busy with projects is a great therapy.
Our Townline Road municipal agreement has been signed by all parties and this evening we opened the bids for the project. These opened bids will be given to our project engineer, Jason McCormick who will go over them, and then meet with Varick’s Highway Superintendent, Rick McCulloch on the 12th of June to make their recommendation to the Board. The Town Board needs to set a date for a special meeting to award the bid for the project upon their recommendation.
I had informed you last Board meeting that I would be attending a forum on “Shared Municipal Services”. I am pleased that Varick has been ahead of this kind of networking. We have been a part of the 5 Towns
Assessment Group: Ovid, Covert, Lodi, Romulus and Varick for seven years. We are now at 100% of equalization rate. And we are presently working with the Town of Fayette to open up the Townline Road in a joint effort.
The purpose of the conference was to provide an educational approach to shared municipal services – highlighting advantages, disadvantages and potential political pitfalls in the process of developing shared services. Shared municipal services are intended to save costs and improve quality in the delivery of services to our taxpayers.
The Conference established a learning network with regions comprised of Allegany, Cattaragus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wyoming and Yates Counties.
Governor Spitzer has established a New York State Commission on Local Government Efficiency and Competitiveness as a part of an effort to streamline government at every level. New York’s local tax burden is the highest in the United States, which negatively impacts the competitiveness and quality of life in our community.
One session focused on the challenges and opportunities of shared municipal services. Then there were concurrent sessions that followed with examples of success stories where this is actually happening and the Municipalities are saving tax dollars. Some of the examples were: County-Wide shared highway programs; in County wide public safety; County-wide code enforcement; County shared health care; County shared water service; shared Judiciary and Court Administration.
Presently Seneca County is trying to decide how they can help the Towns save money thru shared services with the County being the lead agent. If any of you have suggestions, please feel free to get in touch with me. I will pass it on to Sharon Secor and the Board of Supervisors.
The theme for allowing governments and Townships to work together was “Keep Relationships Growing within Townships” The comment that is often made “It has served us well in the past” needs to be changed to “Does it serve you well in the future.”
Joan E. Teichner, Supervisor
It is count down time. One month has passed since my son Aaron has left for Iraq. There are 14 more months before he comes home. I want to thank the Town of Varick for helping to make those months pass quickly. Keeping busy with projects is a great therapy.
Our Townline Road municipal agreement has been signed by all parties and this evening we opened the bids for the project. These opened bids will be given to our project engineer, Jason McCormick who will go over them, and then meet with Varick’s Highway Superintendent, Rick McCulloch on the 12th of June to make their recommendation to the Board. The Town Board needs to set a date for a special meeting to award the bid for the project upon their recommendation.
I had informed you last Board meeting that I would be attending a forum on “Shared Municipal Services”. I am pleased that Varick has been ahead of this kind of networking. We have been a part of the 5 Towns
Assessment Group: Ovid, Covert, Lodi, Romulus and Varick for seven years. We are now at 100% of equalization rate. And we are presently working with the Town of Fayette to open up the Townline Road in a joint effort.
The purpose of the conference was to provide an educational approach to shared municipal services – highlighting advantages, disadvantages and potential political pitfalls in the process of developing shared services. Shared municipal services are intended to save costs and improve quality in the delivery of services to our taxpayers.
The Conference established a learning network with regions comprised of Allegany, Cattaragus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wyoming and Yates Counties.
Governor Spitzer has established a New York State Commission on Local Government Efficiency and Competitiveness as a part of an effort to streamline government at every level. New York’s local tax burden is the highest in the United States, which negatively impacts the competitiveness and quality of life in our community.
One session focused on the challenges and opportunities of shared municipal services. Then there were concurrent sessions that followed with examples of success stories where this is actually happening and the Municipalities are saving tax dollars. Some of the examples were: County-Wide shared highway programs; in County wide public safety; County-wide code enforcement; County shared health care; County shared water service; shared Judiciary and Court Administration.
Presently Seneca County is trying to decide how they can help the Towns save money thru shared services with the County being the lead agent. If any of you have suggestions, please feel free to get in touch with me. I will pass it on to Sharon Secor and the Board of Supervisors.
The theme for allowing governments and Townships to work together was “Keep Relationships Growing within Townships” The comment that is often made “It has served us well in the past” needs to be changed to “Does it serve you well in the future.”
Joan E. Teichner, Supervisor
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