The deputy supervisor’s position was also given a $1,500 stipend in the budget. Tommasone said the position — now occupied by board member Joe Signore
And I don't understand why Signore should receive a raise and not some if not all the rest did. What is it exactly that Signore does? I think that a deputy supervisor fills in when the supervisor is not there. If I recall correctly, Signore has done that once in three years. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.
I hope this proposed budget will be available on line so 'we the people' can look at it before it is actually passed.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
what a phoney the next thing you know they will pretend that the supervisor wants to cut his own pay like Angelo suggested I think said to do a few years ago . The only man to give the salary back to the people and charity was ANGELO SANATBARBARA ever
And I don't understand why Signore should receive a raise and not some if not all the rest did. What is it exactly that Signore does? I think that a deputy supervisor fills in when the supervisor is not there. If I recall correctly, Signore has done that once in three years. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.
I hope this proposed budget will be available on line so 'we the people' can look at it before it is actually passed.
I *TOTALLY* agree with you Bumble - this is BS.
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Tommasone did include money to fund an appointed economic development specialist position for the town. The position, which was given a $47,500 line item in the supervisor’s office budget, will be focused on grant writing and attracting business to the town, among other obligations.
Talk about a duplication of services/taxes - isn't this what Metroplex does??
It looks like Rotterdam's going to go back to the old ways of doing things. If board members always agree with the ones in control they get special treatment and when someone objects with the majority they lose their endorsement from the party chair. Things will never get better in this town until the needs of the taxpayer come first and the board stops worrying about their re-election campaigns. We had someone working for the town who was writing grants what happened to that person? The one position that the town should fill is one for a town engineer so we wouldn't have to pay over a hundred thousand dollars a year to other engineering firms every time the town wants to do a study on one of it's projects.
Tommasone did include money to fund an appointed economic development specialist position for the town. The position, which was given a $47,500 line item in the supervisor’s office budget, will be focused on grant writing and attracting business to the town, among other obligations.
Personally, the way that I looked at this is that since Metroplex DOESN'T do this for us, then someone at the town level has to. It's a town position being paid to do Metroplex's job.
Writing grants...hmmm....shouldn't the town board be doing that themselves? And furthermore....if a building/vacant property/business is privately owned, which most are...what business is it of the town government to market it? Why should we use tax dollars to promote and attract businesses/developers for privately owned property?
Geezzzz, Rotterdam's government is becoming reflective of the city government. So that makes $45,700 + the $1,200 for Signore that the taxpayers should NOT have to pay for.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Don't wait for the budget to be posted to the town website, but rest assured it will. You can find the previous budgets there already if you've never read them, by the way.
The better plan is to take your concerns to the upcoming public hearings on the budget. Posting them to this forum is great but basically useless. Go to the hearings. Stand at the podium. Weigh in. If you don't, won't, or can't then your only alternative is to shut up and like it.
The budgets are lengthy, thick, confusing documents. Your head will spin. You'll probably want to throw up at some point. Some things you won't like but will be forced to accept. Other things, especially things like $1500 stipends, you'll understand readily and should be able to get off a fairly cogent argument for or against. Take the time to review the past budgets and put yourself in the Supervisor's chair. Where would you trim?
For all the people bitching about their taxes, I could count on one hand those that have something to say at budget time. It's astounding.
I agree, Michael. Especially when the same people will come out when they have some issue, just they won't come out until they have that issue. They won't curtail the issues beforehand. I'll admit, it's been quite a while since I've been to a meeting. Gotta start getting there again. Maybe we'll start a coffee club after the meetings.
what a phoney the next thing you know they will pretend that the supervisor wants to cut his own pay like Angelo suggested I think said to do a few years ago . The only man to give the salary back to the people and charity was ANGELO SANATBARBARA ever
As the 'church' would say "one time does not a saint make"....................
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
well he is the closet we have to the real thing and change is coming under him indeed. We need more like him and then the things would get donw- no more politics just working for the people like he does
Ya know, after watching this finacial crisis fiasco in this country, and our elected officials NOT listening to us....what the heck makes us think that even at our local level, they will listen to us. They just do as they damn well please! Welcome to the new 'united states of socialist america'.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
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