http://fishkilltownny.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=1060
The board had a Public Hearing in adding $200,000 to the Rombout Sewer District Debt Load. This has to do with refinancing. Rombout has a short term note and the town wants to go long term. This could be considered as "closing costs" as described by the board.
The vote was also held at this Special Meeting. It was done now due to time constraints and not at a Regular Board Meeting. (Special Meetings are not televised)
The town is accepting a grant for Special District Consolidation.
The town may create Special Districts for Dutchess Park and Beacon Hills for Stormwater Management. This may be put up for a public vote and the board has not decided what to do yet.
A Police Operational Report will be disclosed soon.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Fishkill residents irked by sewer & water hikes
Southern Dutchess News August 22, 2012 a great source for local news. I subscribe to it for $26 a year, 50 cents a issue mailed to your house. To subscribe call 297-3723
By Kristine Coulter Staff Writer
Fishkill- More than 80 people were in attendance to hear about the possible rate increases for some sewer and water districts in the Town of Fishkill. The Fishkill Town Board met on Wednesday, August 15. Fishkill Town Supervisor Bob LaColla began the public hearing by showing numbers concerning the general fund, highway funds, parks land and trust funds, affordable housing and special districts (lighting, fire, ambulance, library, sewer and water) funds.
"Rombout sewer has been in (deficit) since it's inception," said LaColla.
The Dutchess Park Sewer District fund balance, said LaColla, is $664,044 in the red. The Rombout Sewer District is $40,917 in the red. The fund balance for the Brinckerhoff Water District is $116,391 in the red. All numbers are as of December 31, 2011 according to the supervisor.
LoColla showed a slide titled "Reason for Water and Sewer Increase" for the proposed increases for the Rombout Sewer, Dutchess Park Sewer and Brinckerhoff water. The 2011 total revenue for the Dutchess Park Sewer was $1,607,947. The total 2011 appropriation for the district was $1,838,503 for operations. The net cost, was negative $228,556, according to town officials data.
The Rombout Sewer District total revenue for 2011 was $1,239,791 and the total appropriations for that year was $1,578,480. The net cost for the Rombout Sewer was negative $339,057, according to town data.
In regards to the Brinckerhoff Water District, in 2011 total revenue was $134,332 and the total appropriations was $162,152 with a net cost of negative $27,826, according to town data.
The budgeted cost for 2012 and actual cost for 2011 were shown to those in attendance by the supervisor.
For Dutchess Park Sewer, the budgeted costs for 2012 were $1,632,233 and the 2011 actual costs were $1,838,503, he said. The budgeted 2012 costs for the Rombout Sewer District were $$1,531,111 and the 2011 actual costs were $1,578,480. Brinkerhoff Water had actual budget costs for 2011 of $162,158 and budgeted costs for 2012 of $143,556, according to LaColla.
The current value for users of the Dutchess Park sewer district is $34.50. The proposed value is $41.40, with a minimum charge increase, according to town officials of $6.90 per quarter. For Rombout Sewer the current value per user is $36.90 and the proposed value is $44.28, town officials said the change per quarter is $7.38. The change per quarter for the Brinkerhoff water users is $6 per quarter, according to town data. The water districts current value is $7.70 and the proposed value for the district is $13.70, according to town officials.
Kevin McCarthy, a resident of the town since 2005, asked why the public hearing notices sent out to residents stated rate adjustments and not a mention of a possible rate increase.
"We're not acting on this tonight," responded the supervisor. "We did make the effort. I'm sorry it fell a little short."
After the meeting McCarthy said, "vague would be the best word" in regards to the supervisors response. A lot of "We're looking into it," McCarthy said.
McCarthy who lives in the Dutchess Park sewer district and Brinckerhoff water district, said LaColla seemed to "brush it off" about no mention of a possible rate increase on the notices that were sent out.
One resident stated, It seems like also a lot of problems in the last 23 years I've lived here is over development on infrastructure." He went on to say if residents conserve they still get penalized.
The current town board, said LaColla is leaning toward the "good neighbor policy."
Councilman Thomas Knips said although residents are seeing a increase, if the board votes for the rate adjustments, it does not appear to be out of line according to the Dutchess County Web site.
One resident asked, "When do we get some good news?" When some of the initiatives, LaColla said, that the board could implement, residents could possibly see lower rates.
LaColla said that for the first six months town officials "have worked hard to untangle these issues."
"What happened was we didn't have solid balance numbers. That didn't happen until May," he added. He went on to say that some districts had surpluses.
"We may need to use those surpluses to pay off other districts," the supervisor said.
Former Fishkill Town Board member Hal Brilliant asked if there could be a water commission board, this way the residents who live in the districts would have a say.
Another resident agreed with "home rule" and said it was something that was "worthy of exploring."
One resident asked why his sewer bill is five times higher than his water bill.
LaColla asked to see the bill.
"Hey, listen it's got to be paid by the 25th," the resident told LaColla, which got a laugh from the audience members.
The next meeting regarding water and sewer rates will be on Wednesday, August 29 at a special town board meeting at Fishkill Town Hall, 807 Route 52 at 7 p.m. in the Francois R. Cross meeting room.
By Kristine Coulter Staff Writer
Fishkill- More than 80 people were in attendance to hear about the possible rate increases for some sewer and water districts in the Town of Fishkill. The Fishkill Town Board met on Wednesday, August 15. Fishkill Town Supervisor Bob LaColla began the public hearing by showing numbers concerning the general fund, highway funds, parks land and trust funds, affordable housing and special districts (lighting, fire, ambulance, library, sewer and water) funds.
"Rombout sewer has been in (deficit) since it's inception," said LaColla.
The Dutchess Park Sewer District fund balance, said LaColla, is $664,044 in the red. The Rombout Sewer District is $40,917 in the red. The fund balance for the Brinckerhoff Water District is $116,391 in the red. All numbers are as of December 31, 2011 according to the supervisor.
LoColla showed a slide titled "Reason for Water and Sewer Increase" for the proposed increases for the Rombout Sewer, Dutchess Park Sewer and Brinckerhoff water. The 2011 total revenue for the Dutchess Park Sewer was $1,607,947. The total 2011 appropriation for the district was $1,838,503 for operations. The net cost, was negative $228,556, according to town officials data.
The Rombout Sewer District total revenue for 2011 was $1,239,791 and the total appropriations for that year was $1,578,480. The net cost for the Rombout Sewer was negative $339,057, according to town data.
In regards to the Brinckerhoff Water District, in 2011 total revenue was $134,332 and the total appropriations was $162,152 with a net cost of negative $27,826, according to town data.
The budgeted cost for 2012 and actual cost for 2011 were shown to those in attendance by the supervisor.
For Dutchess Park Sewer, the budgeted costs for 2012 were $1,632,233 and the 2011 actual costs were $1,838,503, he said. The budgeted 2012 costs for the Rombout Sewer District were $$1,531,111 and the 2011 actual costs were $1,578,480. Brinkerhoff Water had actual budget costs for 2011 of $162,158 and budgeted costs for 2012 of $143,556, according to LaColla.
The current value for users of the Dutchess Park sewer district is $34.50. The proposed value is $41.40, with a minimum charge increase, according to town officials of $6.90 per quarter. For Rombout Sewer the current value per user is $36.90 and the proposed value is $44.28, town officials said the change per quarter is $7.38. The change per quarter for the Brinkerhoff water users is $6 per quarter, according to town data. The water districts current value is $7.70 and the proposed value for the district is $13.70, according to town officials.
Kevin McCarthy, a resident of the town since 2005, asked why the public hearing notices sent out to residents stated rate adjustments and not a mention of a possible rate increase.
"We're not acting on this tonight," responded the supervisor. "We did make the effort. I'm sorry it fell a little short."
After the meeting McCarthy said, "vague would be the best word" in regards to the supervisors response. A lot of "We're looking into it," McCarthy said.
McCarthy who lives in the Dutchess Park sewer district and Brinckerhoff water district, said LaColla seemed to "brush it off" about no mention of a possible rate increase on the notices that were sent out.
One resident stated, It seems like also a lot of problems in the last 23 years I've lived here is over development on infrastructure." He went on to say if residents conserve they still get penalized.
The current town board, said LaColla is leaning toward the "good neighbor policy."
Councilman Thomas Knips said although residents are seeing a increase, if the board votes for the rate adjustments, it does not appear to be out of line according to the Dutchess County Web site.
One resident asked, "When do we get some good news?" When some of the initiatives, LaColla said, that the board could implement, residents could possibly see lower rates.
LaColla said that for the first six months town officials "have worked hard to untangle these issues."
"What happened was we didn't have solid balance numbers. That didn't happen until May," he added. He went on to say that some districts had surpluses.
"We may need to use those surpluses to pay off other districts," the supervisor said.
Former Fishkill Town Board member Hal Brilliant asked if there could be a water commission board, this way the residents who live in the districts would have a say.
Another resident agreed with "home rule" and said it was something that was "worthy of exploring."
One resident asked why his sewer bill is five times higher than his water bill.
LaColla asked to see the bill.
"Hey, listen it's got to be paid by the 25th," the resident told LaColla, which got a laugh from the audience members.
The next meeting regarding water and sewer rates will be on Wednesday, August 29 at a special town board meeting at Fishkill Town Hall, 807 Route 52 at 7 p.m. in the Francois R. Cross meeting room.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
FEMA letter published in Southern Dutchess News
Recently, I have seen the local news media. Report about the FEMA
Flood Maps. That has resulted in homeowners, being mandated to have Flood
Insurance. Even though, their properties have never flooded. While I don't
know about how this came to be an issue elsewhere. I do know how it became
an issue in Fishkill. On March 7th 2012 the Fishkill Town Board, passed a
General Resolution calling for amending Local Law, Chapter 78, "Flood Damage
Prevention." (FEMA)
This was followed up with a Public Hearing on Local Law #3 2012, (3/21/2012)
FEMA Flood Maps-Flood Damage Prevention. The hearing was given with minimal
notice. Started at 7:13 pm and ended at 7:14 pm. There were no handouts to
the public. The maps that were at the meeting were not to date and there was
very little discussion prior to the vote. The all Conservative Republican
board voted 5-0 to approve the law. At the very same meeting, there was also
a 5-0 vote to override the 2% Tax Cap this year.
It appears that in its zeal to receive more grant money. The Fishkill board
never considered why. The government was giving away free money. Now we
know, once local law was approved. The banks mandated carrying flood
insurance. (Up to $3,000 a year according to the Supervisor) It is clear
that the Fishkill Town Board. Did not do it's "Due Diligence" regarding this
matter. For more on Fishkill, check out my blog at ozzyalbra.blogspot.com.
Flood Maps. That has resulted in homeowners, being mandated to have Flood
Insurance. Even though, their properties have never flooded. While I don't
know about how this came to be an issue elsewhere. I do know how it became
an issue in Fishkill. On March 7th 2012 the Fishkill Town Board, passed a
General Resolution calling for amending Local Law, Chapter 78, "Flood Damage
Prevention." (FEMA)
This was followed up with a Public Hearing on Local Law #3 2012, (3/21/2012)
FEMA Flood Maps-Flood Damage Prevention. The hearing was given with minimal
notice. Started at 7:13 pm and ended at 7:14 pm. There were no handouts to
the public. The maps that were at the meeting were not to date and there was
very little discussion prior to the vote. The all Conservative Republican
board voted 5-0 to approve the law. At the very same meeting, there was also
a 5-0 vote to override the 2% Tax Cap this year.
It appears that in its zeal to receive more grant money. The Fishkill board
never considered why. The government was giving away free money. Now we
know, once local law was approved. The banks mandated carrying flood
insurance. (Up to $3,000 a year according to the Supervisor) It is clear
that the Fishkill Town Board. Did not do it's "Due Diligence" regarding this
matter. For more on Fishkill, check out my blog at ozzyalbra.blogspot.com.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Fishkill Town Computers Being Hacked?
Over the last several months. Residents have been complaining about the new need to get flood insurance. This occurred as the board voted 5-0 to approve the FEMA Flood Maps. This was done on March 21 2012, with local law #3 2012 being approved. After the board voted for the law. Some unknown person went back into the towns website and marked the files "withdrawn." This is a Criminal Offense, and I will be asking the town board about this at the next board meeting.
Local
Law #3 of 2012 Flood Damage Prevention
Information
Department: Town Board
Category: Hearing Notice
Sponsors: Councilman Tony Curry
Body
PLEASE
TAKE NOTICE that the Town
Board of the Town of Fishkill will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, March
21, 2012, at 7:00pm; or as soon thereafter as possible, at Town Hall, 807 Route
52, Fishkill, New York; introducing Local Law #3 of 2012 for flood damage
prevention as authorized by the New York State Constitution, Article IX,
Section 2, and Environmental Conservation Law, Article 36.
TAKE
FURTHER NOTICE, that copies of the aforesaid proposed local law will be
available for examination at the office of the Clerk of the Town of Fishkill,
at the Town Hall, 807 Route 52, Fishkill, New York, between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Monday - Thursday between the date of this notice and the
date of the public hearing.
TAKE
FURTHER NOTICE, that all persons interested and citizens shall have an
opportunity to be heard on said proposal at that time and place aforesaid.
Meeting History
Mar 21,
2012 7:00 PM 
Town
Board Regular Meeting
Town
Board Regular Meeting
Public hearing opened at
7:13pm
closed public hearing at
7:14pm
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RESULT:
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WITHDRAWN
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Saturday, August 4, 2012
Manning wins court challenge to Assembly candidacy
POUGHKEEPSIE – Former state Assemblyman Patrick Manning, who is running for the new 105th Assembly District in the fall, will be allowed to stay on the ballot.
Manning was chosen at the Dutchess County Republican convention in May as the party’s candidate, but his residency was challenged seeking to have him disqualified contending he did not meet the five year state residency requirement. Manning has a vacation home in Edgartown, Massachusetts where he apparently was registered to vote.
Justice Robert DiBella, citing case law, said Glenn Carey and Carmine Istvan, town GOP chairmen in Pawling and Fishkill respectively, who filed the Article 78 challenge against Manning, the Dutchess County Republican Committee and the County Board of Elections, did not meet the burden of proof to demonstrate that Manning did not meet the state election law residency requirement.
The seven-page decision cited Manning’s evidence to support his residence in New York with a home in Dutchess County for over 40 years; that he pays taxes and utility bills in New York; he opened a business in New York; he attends board meetings in New York; he participates in the community and with his children in New York; and he physically stays in the New York house several days each week except during a short period of temporary employment in Massachusetts. He also maintained a New York driver’s license which he refused to relinquish at the time he allegedly registered to vote in Massachusetts, the justice’s decision stated.
Manning will face a Republican primary election in September against two other candidates, Richard Wager and Kieran Lalor.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
August 1st Fishkill Town Board Meeting
http://fishkilltownny.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=1008
This meeting was televised.
AVR Reality claimed to do the town a favor. By asking to build a berm and painting part of the Rombout Sewer plant. I guess people don't like looking at a sewer plant.
Public Hearing set for water and sewer increases on August 15th. The board stated that it was going to send a postcard to all residents in those districts.
Brinckerhoff Water $7 to $13 per billing unit.
Dutchess Park Sewer $34 to $41 per billing unit.
Rombout Sewer $36 to $44 per billing unit.
Recreation Building will be bonded out and costs will be borne by taxpayers. The Parklands Trust Fund money is drying up. Bond will be $3 million.
A previous Zoning change request for a Assisted Living project on 9D. That was voted down earlier. Will be redone and submitted to the board for reconsideration.
The Housing Department received $1.26 million on 16 Affordable Housing unit buyouts at about 80K each. It is unknown were that money went.
This meeting was televised.
AVR Reality claimed to do the town a favor. By asking to build a berm and painting part of the Rombout Sewer plant. I guess people don't like looking at a sewer plant.
Public Hearing set for water and sewer increases on August 15th. The board stated that it was going to send a postcard to all residents in those districts.
Brinckerhoff Water $7 to $13 per billing unit.
Dutchess Park Sewer $34 to $41 per billing unit.
Rombout Sewer $36 to $44 per billing unit.
Recreation Building will be bonded out and costs will be borne by taxpayers. The Parklands Trust Fund money is drying up. Bond will be $3 million.
A previous Zoning change request for a Assisted Living project on 9D. That was voted down earlier. Will be redone and submitted to the board for reconsideration.
The Housing Department received $1.26 million on 16 Affordable Housing unit buyouts at about 80K each. It is unknown were that money went.
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