The legislature recognizes Barb Brown and Barry Leemann at their final meeting of 2011. The pair, as well as former clerk of the legislature Ted Jerrett, also received special honors from the New York State Senate.
A resolution to initiate a request for proposals to explore alternatives for home health care in the county was sent back to the committee level at this month’s legislature meeting. Legislators have several questions about how this will impact the county’s employees and budget. New York State is no longer providing state aid reimbursements to counties for their Certified Home Health Agency (CHHA) and Long Term Care (LTC) programs.
It’s not as easy as just moving a line on a map, the committee is told. The group will go over the data it received Tuesday night and report to the chairman of the legislature sometime in October, prior to the next meeting of the legislature.
New York State’s Senate and Assembly passed a bill June 24 that will cap property tax increases at 2 percent or the rate of inflation, whichever is lower.
Legislators recognize Ted Jerrett for his more than three decades of service to Oswego County and its residents. County lawmakers also voted to approve extending the 1% sales tax.
On Thursday, students, representing schools from all across the county, sat with the legislators and took an active role in the meeting. Prior to that they visited other facets of county government and had a chance to debate and vote on their own ‘resolution.’
Barry Leemann, chairman of the Oswego County Legislature and Legislator for District 4 (Amboy, Parish, and parts of Hastings and Williamstown) today announced that he will not run for re-election.
I ask, that as we go through the year, we all keep in mind that our residents cannot survive a property tax increase and we must continue the course we have been following to stabilize and lower Oswego County property taxes. With the help of our department heads and employees we will survive the flood of increased costs passed down to us from the state.
County legislators recently were updated on the work that’s under way on several of the new radio towers that will play a key role in upgrading Oswego County’s emergency radio communications system. The new interoperable radio system will be used by emergency responders to answer calls in all areas of the county – and across county lines. It will provide 97 percent coverage for portable radios used by emergency responders.
Oswego County residents will see another decrease in their taxes next year. When first proposed this fall, the 2011 budget contained a tax rate of $7.02 per $1,000 of assessed value, down slightly from this year’s $7.16. The tax rate in the budget adopted Thursday night is $6.99. Some legislators, however, are concerned about using projected revenues to offset costs within the spending plan.
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