The Administrative Services Committee gave a favorable recommendation Monday night to replenishing the fire department’s payroll account. The budget line is nearly depleted, according to Chief Jeff McCrobie. “Right now our accounts are down, almost drained completely,†he said.
Schools across the state want to know when the new federal education aid to hire teachers will show up. In Hannibal, the Superintendent of Schools worries it won’t show up in time to hire teachers before school begins, and even if it does, the district may end up laying off those teachers next year.
They’re checking under the sofa cushions for cash these days at Fulton City Hall.
The Common Council recently approved hiring a company called Computel Consultants to go through the city’s cable TV franchise agreement to see if the city was overbilled, said Mayor Ron Woodward.
One of the latest state budgets in New York history is likely to win final approval this week, according to State Senator Darrel Aubertine.
“It’s been frustrating for everyone, but I do think in the end we end up with a budget that’s much better than the budget that was originally proposed,” Aubertine (D-Cape Vincent) said Monday, before heading to Albany for Tuesday’s special session.
This year’s legislative session has certainly had its share of frustrations, especially in regard to the state budget. With the vast majority of the budget completed, the end is in sight and I am looking forward to closing the process down.
New York Governor David Paterson kept his promise. Moments after the state Senate and Assembly passed bills completing the state budget, he began vetoing them. His first veto: A bill that would have given schools $400 million more than the Governor would give them.
Fulton voters go back to the polls today to decide the fate of the school’s budget for the 2010-11 year.
They’ll decide a $60.7 million budget. It’s about $132,000 smaller than the budget voters defeated by just 7 votes in May. It raises the tax levy 1.79%.
Hannibal’s Superintendent of Schools delivered a long and detailed answer to a simple question: Will Hannibal have JV sports this fall? The short answer is “no”, but the full answer involves balancing the district’s policies and goals against its shrinking resources. Mike DiFabio invited his audience to walk a mile in his shoes and see how he made a difficult decision.
Voters shot down a $60.8 million budget earlier this month by just 7 votes.
Tuesday night, the board reviewed some fresh cuts made to the budget in hopes of winning enough votes to secure passage in June.
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