2012-11-5 finance committee with commentary

2012-11-5 Finance Committee Meeting

Commentary by Mike Russo, Town resident

January 20th, 2013

00:00:00
FC meeting starts right off with a discussion of the $520k DPW/Highway savings -- it sounds like this figure has newly arrived, at least to Dave Lent. Dave questions various aspects of this savings figure. Susan says that water and sewer was never discussed in the meeting between her, Sally, Bleu and Chris. She says that savings was identified in the purchasing of salt, in equipment such as the village being able to use town trucks for snow removal instead of contracting out, and in other contractual services. It did not include a reduction of staff or benefits. However, it sounds like the 2013 Town budget reductions are already included in the $520k savings.



00:08:40
At 8m40s the discussion turns to the HR report.

Since this meeting is many weeks prior to 12/3, discussion about the figures and the numbers themselves are still in development. This meeting is just prior to when the New Paltz Times (11/9/2012) quoted Sally as saying that the committee has

"come up with right now $1.4 million in savings" if merger occurs."