Oswego County Legislature has announced a 11 Million Dollar short fall in Revenues for 2020. Oswego County Legislature has announced measures to help deal with the short fall.
During the Legislative monthly meeting Resolutions were voted on that reduced the expenditures by a total of $352,000. Now anyone that can divide knows that this amount is only 3% of the loss projected by the Legislature.
These pennies won’t stop the inevitability of higher taxes, massive layoffs and reduction in services.
Dollars have to be cut from the expenditures in the County 2020 and 2021 Budgets. Upper Management positions that are not Mandated need to be Cut. Positions like, Deputy Treasure (Only needed in the prolonged Abs. of the Treasure, not need fulltime) Deputy County Clerk in DMV, Supervisor of Supervisors of DMV, Mgr. of Fleet Mgt. .
A reduction in expenditures in the Legislative Accounts is needed. The elimination of perks such as : Millage Reimbursement, Debit Cards for Medical Costs, NYSAC meeting reimbursement.
A transition back to Legislative pay of 2015 is another Legislative Account expenditure that needs to be addressed.
A reduction in the Legislative Body is required. Onondaga County has over twice the population and Half the Legislature.
During Thursday’s Legislative Meeting One and only One Legislator offered these reductions in an effort to help reduce the amount of Tax increase. That Legislator was Marie Schadt and member of the Democratic Caucus.
These reductions have been brought forward and requested for almost the past decade. The Democratic Caucus has been warning of the lack of a sufficient fund balance to withstand a prolonged loss of revenue. The Democratic Caucus has requested cuts in the expenditures for almost a decade in hopes to stop a double digit tax increase and a loss of services. They have gone on deaf ears by the Republican Caucus for almost Decade.
Just like the elimination of a 10% payment of the Counties P.I.L.O.T. revenue from the Oswego County IDA which has been asked for sense it’s inception in 2015. It is time for the aforementioned expenditures to be cut also.
Suggested reductions made on the Legislative floor by Legislator Tom Drumm were voted down on party lines.
So the mediocre reductions brought forth and voted on by the Legislature are mere pennies in a time when Dollars need to be cut.
Thus, Penny Wise Dollar Foolish.
Call your Legislator and advise him or her that these cuts need to be accomplished to lighten the tax hike that is coming.
We will never be able to make enough cuts to equal a $11 million dollar shortfall in Revenue but we can put a big dent in it. Saving Jobs and Taxes.
– Frank Castiglia jr.
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Worth noting in regards the the number of legislators on the Oswego County Legislature. If we as Oswego County followed the model of Onondaga County, we would more than double the Legislator payroll. What Mr. Castiglia always forgets is that the average pay for a legislator in Onondaga County is about $58,000 per year, with Oswego being $13,200ish per year. If we, as Oswego County, followed what Onondaga does as Mr. Castigila suggests, we would have 12.5 legislators (25 cut in half) and then we would increase the pay of each one to the average of what Onondaga County makes….Increasing our payroll from roughly $340,000 to about $725,500. Mr. Castiglia, I am sure the tax payers of this County would not like such a huge increase.
Nate Emmons
Oswego County Legislator, 15th District
Nate Emmons, a political leach(someone that sucks the blood(money) out of the taxpayers) only he would think that the salary should double. We still would have half the population that Onondaga has. Our pay would go in relation to our population not the size of our legislature. Only a Republican would think that half the size should mean twice the pay. Only the size of the district would increase by double. Not the pay. It might increase by 40 to 50% which would mean a salary of around $20,000 per legislator times 15 would equal 300,000 saving the taxpayers $40,000 a year. Yes the taxpayers would be happy. I feel sorry for the 15th District..
Mr. Frank Castiglia jr. past Minority Leader
Nate Emmons, the Trump of Oswego County, above he states, “The Average pay for a Legislator in Onondaga County is about $58,000 a year” Well like Mr. Trump he doesn’t think people will check to be sure. Well the Legislative pay in Onondaga County for a Legislator for the 2020 yr. budget is $31,573, a Floor Leader is $38,995 the Chairman is $57,510. I guess Mr. Emmons thinks everyone is a Chairman. Even if you add all together and divide by 17 it comes out to $33,535 a long way from Mr. Emmons $58,000. But leave it a Republican Legislator to miss lead the public. These are the facts and they can be checked by going to Onondaga County web page. You must go all the way to the end of the Budget to see the break down or call the Clerk of the Legislature and they will give you the break down. Now don’t try and add in the County Executive in there because that job is separate and is an elected official…and fact checking shows the truth…
Mr. Castiglia, name calling and insults may be
part of your world, but it’s something that I did not do in my comment towards you. But, if that is the way you want to be seen in the public eye, have at it. You sir are not worth the effort.
Why is a statement of facts or opinion name calling. You do work at an appointed position in the City of Oswego, with a rather large salary, you are an elected Official for the County. Both of those position are paid for with taxpayer money(therefore you are a leach). I guess you don’t like being called Mr. Trump of Oswego County(He is the President of the United States) Now what really hurts I’m sure is the fact that I revealed your misleading information was false. And I gave the Public the Truth. The Truth always hurts. I love it when a wimp runs and hides and says it’s not worth the effort.