The Greenburgh Town Board and I worked out a compromise. The Town Board unanimously approved a resolution authoriziing an agreement with Sportime to rent the tennis facilities at AF Veteran Park during the off season months. The Board also agreed to use $405,000 from the tennis bubble lease to fund a comprehensive plan for the town. Members of the Planning Board, Zoning Board, Conservation Advisory Council have been pushing for a plan to study long term infrastructure, land use, flooding, parking and economic needs facing the town. In addition to infrastructure enhancements and the construction of a clubhouse (at Sporttime's expense) the town will receive the following payments from Sportime.
Year 1-$192,500.00; Year 2-$195,000.00; Year 3-$197,500.00; Year 4-$200,000.00;
Year5-$205,000.00; Year 6-$207,500.00; Year 7-$210,000.00; Year 8-$212,500.00;
Year 9-$215,000.00; Year 10 $217,500.00; Year 11-$220,000.00; Year 12-
$222,500.00; Year 13-$225,000.00; Year 14-$227,500.00 and Year 15-$230,000.00.
The good news: All the members of the Town Board worked cooperatively to work out a compromise plan. I announced that I will sign the comprehensive plan agreement and the bubble agreement on the same day. Hopefully, this is the beginning of a great working relationship between Town Board members.
ON ANOTHER MATTER-- We held a very long meeting (that ended around 1 AM) and heard from the public about the proposed town budget. Almost everyone who spoke expressed opposition to the proposed 23% town budget tax hike. On the other hand, Police Chief John Kapica warned the Town Board that people move to Greenburgh for town services. The Town Board will hold a public meeting on the budget this coming Monday evening at 7:15 PM.
PAUL FEINER
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PUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON HOLD .
WE DO NOT NEED TO SPEND THIS MONEY .
OUR TAXES WILL BE HIGH FOR MANY YEARS TO COME .
IF WE EVER LEVEL OFF MAYBE THEN AND ONLY THEN COULD WE CONSIDER PART OF THIS PLAN.
you have to save us money this plan calls for too much of an output when we don't have the money
Thses long meetings have to go. At the end, look at the audience. Hal Samis is almost a member of the council, ALTHOUGH NOT ELECTED, because he has nothing better to do than stay there.
If it were not for Samis we would not know our derrier from our elbows.
You see many do not want to hear the truth so they have to talk out of turn.
What ever Samis has said and will say,is right to the point.No horsing arround.
He was 100% right when it comes to the library.
He gave a fantastic input for the budget.
He has given much input in many matters concerning our board members.
In so far that he and the supervisor were not permitted to attend the meeting about Dromore rd.
There are too many that don't want to upset the apple cart with the truth.
Sorry this man tells it the way it is like it or not.
Maybe if we paid attention to his five minute speeches we would have never been in this position with 23% hike in taxes.
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How bout renting out the indoor pool on Sundays to a private pool operator? Revenue for the town. More hours for the pool. No cost to the taxpayers?
PAUL PLEASE SAY NO TO ALL RAISES.
pAUL YOU KNOW THAT THE BORD IS READY TO HANG YOU PLUS THE RESIDENTS.
I DO NOT THINK THAT ANY CHANGES THAT WERE SUGGESTED WILL BE MADE.
Paul put us back to the way we were some time ago.
The board members and one lady that wants the comprehensive plan that speaks last all the time tell them to take a hike.
We do not need this plan at this time because we do not have the money to fit the bill.
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