Last night, after several hours of discussion, county legislators passed a 2013 budget that was unaltered from County Executive Maggie Brooks’ proposal. In short: the property tax rate will remain at $8.99 per $1,000 assessed value, suburban residents will pay a new chargeback to cover the cost of county snowplowing contracts, and another new chargeback […]
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A crisis for youth in crisis
The Hillside Family of Agencies stopped providing emergency housing for homeless and runaway youth earlier this year. The shelter, which operated since the 1970’s, has seen a considerate drop in state funding over the last several years. Hillside received $107,437 in runaway and homeless youth program funding from the state in 2008, and $29,150 in […]
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County not increasing size of indigent burial payments
The county is changing the way it covers the cost of providing indigent burial assistance, but it isn’t increasing the amount it gives to applicants. During a County Legislature committee meeting last night, Scott Adair, the county’s chief financial officer, said that officials are budgeting $550,000 to $750,000 in indigent burial assistance payments for 2013. […]
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City socked again
A new fee to cover the cost of indigent burials included in County Executive Maggie Brooks’s 2013 budget proposal would disproportionately affect city residents and is “offensive and reprehensible.”
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[UPDATED] Democrats criticize snowplowing fee
UPDATE, Wednesday, November 28, 1:45 p.m. From county spokesperson Justin Feasel: “The 2013 Budget holds the property tax rate stable for a 9th consecutive year and protects vital funding for snow and ice removal. Instead of addressing the root cause, unfunded State mandates, Legislature Democrats are attacking the County’s solution to best serve the traveling […]
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Sports commission in line for funding bump
Next year, Monroe County will host two high-profile professional golf events. And partly because of that, the county is bumping up funding for a non-profit that promotes local sports events. The proposed 2013 county budget includes a substantial funding increase for the Monroe County Sports Development Corporation. Under the proposal, it would receive $207,500 in […]
