2003-11-06 RGMTOWN OF WAPPINGER
SUPERVISOR
JOSEPH RUGGIERO
Call to Order
Roll Call, Salute to Flag
SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE
20 MIDDLEBUSH ROAD
WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY 12590-0324
(845)297-2744
FAX: (845) 297-4558
Thursday, November 6, 2003
7:30pm
Wappinger Town Hall
AGENDA
Public Hearing
Public Hearing on Preliminary Budget for 2004
Suspension of Rules for Public Comment on Agenda Items
Discussions
Water and Sewer Budget
TOWN COUNCIL
VINCENT BETTINA
CHRISTOPHER J. COLS
JOSEPH P. PAOLONI
ROBERT L. VALDATI
Resolutions
2003-259 Resolution Authorizing Public Hearing to Hear Objections to the
Assessment Rolls and Proposed Budgets for Special Districts or Special
Improvement Areas for 2004
New Business/Comments
Adjournment
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A Town Board Meeting was held on November 6, 2003 at the Town Hall, 20
Middlebush Road, Wappingers Falls, New York. Supervisor Ruggiero opened
the meeting at 7:30 p.m.
Present:
Joseph Ruggiero, Supervisor
Robert Valdati, Councilman
Vincent Bettina, Councilman
Christopher Colsey, Councilman
Joseph Paoloni, Councilman
Gloria J. Morse, Town Clerk
The Supervisor asked all to join in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
• Public Hearing on Preliminary Budget for 2004
RESOLUTIONS:
RESOLUTION NO. 2003-259
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PUBLIC HEARING TO HEAR
OBJECTIONS TO THE ASSESSMENT ROLLS AND PROPOSED
BUDGETS FOR SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS OR SPECIAL
IMPROVEMENT AREAS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2004
The following Resolution was introduced by Councilman Bettina and
seconded by Councilman Valdati.
WHEREAS, the Town Board has completed the assessment rolls and has
prepared proposed budgets for all Special Improvement Districts and Special
Improvement Areas in the Town of Wappinger; and
WHEREAS, the Town Board hereby schedules and orders Public Hearings for
the purposes of hearing and considering any objections which may be made to
the assessment rolls for all Special Improvement Districts and/or Special
Improvement Areas within the town, any objections to the proposed benefit
assessments to be levied in calendar year 2004 against the properties within
said Special Improvement Districts or Special Improvement Areas as well as
any objections to the proposed budgets for the calendar year 2004 and the
Quarterly Operation and Maintenance Charges to be billed to those
properties connected to said Special Improvement Districts or Special
Improvement Areas; and
WHEREAS, the Town Board inadvertently neglected to schedule the
aforementioned Public Hearings for the Special Improvement Districts and
Special Improvement Areas at their last Town Board meeting; and
WHEREAS, the Town Clerk posted the Notice of Public Hearing and
published the Notice of Public Hearing in the form annexed hereto in the
Southern Dutchess News and the Poughkeepsie Journal commencing
November 6, 2003 so as to comply with applicable statutory requirements.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, as follows:
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1. The recitations above set forth are incorporated in this Resolution as if
fully set forth and adopted herein.
2. The Town Board hereby confirms that it has completed the assessment
rolls for the Special Improvement Districts and Special Improvement
Areas and the proposed budgets for all Special Improvement Districts
and Special Improvement Areas in the Town of Wappinger.
3. The Town Board hereby schedules Public Hearings for the purpose of
hearing and considering any objections which may be made to said
assessment rolls or to hear any objections to the proposed Benefit
Assessments to be levied in calendar year 2004 as well as to hear any
objections to the Quarterly Operation and Maintenance Charges to be
charged to those properties connected to the following Special
Improvement Districts, said Public Hearings to be held at Town Hall,
20 Middlebush Road, Wappingers Falls, New York, on the 19th of
November, 2003 starting at 7:30 p.m.:
Special Improvement District/Special Improvement Areas
Wappinger Sewer Improvement Area No. 1
Rockingham Farms Sewer District
Wappinger Sewer Transmission/Treat Improvement Area -Phase 1
Wappinger Sewer Transmission/Treat Improvement Area -Phase 2
Wappinger Sewer Transmission/Treat Improvement Area -Phase 3A
Central Wappinger Water Improvement Area
Wappinger — Cranberry Water Improvement Area
Wappinger Park Water District
Ardmore Hills Water Improvement Area
Central Wappinger Emergency Improvement Area
Wappinger Water Improvement Area 1999-2(R)
Mid -Point Park Sewer District
Wildwood Sewer District
Watchhill Sewer District
Watchhill Water District
North Wappinger Water District
Myers Corners II Water District
Oakwood Knolls Water District
Tall Trees Water Improvement Area
Fleetwood Water District
Fleetwood Sewer District
Town Wide Ambulance
4. The Town Clerk is hereby direct to post and publish the Notices of
Public Hearing in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit "A". Said posting and
publications are to be made to the Southern Dutchess News and the
Poughkeepsie Journal at least 10 days prior to the scheduled Public Hearing.
5. The Town Clerk is further ordered to send a copy of the notification of
Public Hearing, in form annexed hereto as Exhibit `B", to all property owners
within the above mentioned Special Improvement Districts and/or Special
Improvement Areas.
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6. The Town Board hereby ratifies and confirms the actions taken by the
Town Clerk of the Town of Wappinger, who published the annexed Notice of
Public Hearing (Exhibit "A" in the Southern Dutchess News and
Poughkeepsie Journal on November 5, 2003 so as to comply with the
statutory requirement that such Notice of Public Hearing be published at
least ten (10) days prior to the date scheduled for the Public Hearing.
The foregoing was put to a vote which resulted as follows:
Joseph Ruggiero, Supervisor
Voting
Aye
Robert Valdati, Councilman
Voting
Aye
Vincent Bettina, Councilman
Voting
Aye
Christopher Colsey, Councilman
Voting
Aye
Joseph Paoloni, Councilman
Voting
Aye
The Resolution is hereby duly declared adopted.
DISCUSSION:
• Water and Sewer Budget. Mike Tremper of CAMO gave a report on
the water/sewer facilities and explained that the budget that was
presented to the board also contained other valuable information as
far as flows, number of hookups and whether the plants were meeting
permits as outlined by the DEC. They try to keep the costs down, but
some are very difficult. The discharge levels at sewage treatment
facilities at Fleetwood, Wildwood and Mid -Point Park are still far
below the permits issued by the DEC. This year we have had an I&I
problem at some of these facilities due to the amount of rain. We have
put together something for these three facilities that can help us run
the plants again next year and dispose of all the sludge and keep the
facilities within acceptable levels. The water districts are a bit more
complicated. Central Wappinger, Ardmore, Oakwood, North
Wappinger Park, and Wappinger Park Water Districts are all going to
become one big district soon. When you review the budget you will
notice that the Wappingers Park budget was formatted because when
the budget was prepared in September, we did not know what was
going to happen to Wappinger Park. When the connection to Central
Wappinger Water is complete their O&M rates will reduce back to the
$27.50 minimum. At this time approximately 30% of our water comes
from the Atlas Well Fields that are located in the North Wappinger
Water District Budget. The rest of the water comes from the Central
Wappinger Water Budget. They all use the Cider Mill Loop tank
which is part of the Central Wappinger Water Budget. At some point
in time we should combine all the districts and go with one rate. Last
year we started placing generators at several of the pump stations.
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At this time 7:59 p.m. Councilman Bettina moved to go into Executive
Session to discuss litigation, seconded by Councilman Colsey and
unanimously carried.
The meeting reconvened at 8:25 p.m. with all board members in attendance.
There was no action taken at Executive Session.
Councilman Paoloni moved to close the meeting, seconded by Councilman
Colsey and unanimously carried.
The meeting adjourned at 8:26 p.m.
Gloria or e
Town erk
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A Public Hearing was held by the Town Board of the Town .of Wappinger on
November 6, 2003 at the Town Hall, 20 Middlebush Road, Wappingers Falls,
New York on the Preliminary Budget for 2004. Supervisor Ruggiero opened
the Meeting at 7:35 p.m.
Present:
Joseph Ruggiero, Supervisor
Robert Valdati, Councilman w
Vincent Bettina, Councilman
Christopher Colsey, Councilman
Joseph Paoloni, Councilman
Gloria J. Morse Town Clerk
The Town Clerk offered for the record the Affidavit of Posting and
Publication duly signed and notarized. (These Affidavits are attached hereto
and made part thereof the Minutes of the Meeting).
Supervisor Ruggiero wished to know if anyone in the audience wished to
speak in regard to the Preliminary Budget. There were no questions or
comments.
Supervisor Ruggiero wished to read into the record the Budget that was
adopted by the Town Board to be the Preliminary Budget. The Town Board
has until November 20th to adopt the final Budget. If no modifications are
made and the board chooses not to make any changes on the Final Budget,
this Budget will become law automatically on November 20th. The rates for
the 2004 Village Homestead rates will be $1.18 per $1,000. This represents a
0% change over 2003 Homestead rate of $1.18 per $1,000. The Village
Residential property of $100,000 assessment would pay $118 in town taxes,
which is also a 0% increase over 2003. The 2004 Village Non -Homestead
rate will be $2.10 per $1,000 of assessed value which represents a 3.2%
decrease from the 2003 Village Non -Homestead rate of $2.17 per $1,000. A
village commercial property of $100,000 assessment will pay $2.10 in town
taxes, which is a $7.00 decrease from 2003. The tentative 2004 Town
Homestead rate will be $2.82 per $1,000 value. This represent a 2.53%
increase from the 2003 Homestead rate of $2.76 per $1000. A town
residential property with $100,000 assessment will pay approximately $283
in town taxes in 2004. This is a $7.00 increase over what was paid in 2003.
The tentative 2004 Non -Homestead rate will be $5.04 per $1,000 assessed
value which represents a .24% decrease from the 2003 rates of $5.05 per
$1,000. A town commercial property of $100,000 assessment will pay $504 in
town taxes in 2004. This represent a $1.00 decrease over 2003. Part of the
2.53% increase in the town outside the Village Homestead rate was due to
several factors. One being the reduction in the assessment roll of nearly $12
million dollars in taxable assessed value. This was caused by the adoption of
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Local Law #3 of 2003 in which the Town Board appropriately maximized the
Veterans Exemption currently allowed under New York State Law. This
caused an influx of new applications for the Veterans Exemption. In 2002 the
Veterans Exemption totaled nearly $12,000,900,306 and after Local Law
passage Number #3 the Veterans Exemption fell $23,219,345. The Town of
Wappinger has a nearly a billion dollar assessment. The other factor that
caused the increase was in the Highway Department. The Highway
Department is one source of funding which is the real property tax. Due to
the increase in the NYS Pension contribution the Town of Wappinger and
other municipalities have seen an increase in appropriation to the Pension
fund. The Town of Wappinger Preliminary Budget will see an increase of
nearly 600% over what we appropriated for 2003. With all these factors this
would only amount to a modest increase of 2.53%. We saw two decreases in
commercial for two years in a row. We held the line in the village for two
years in a row, and our budget this year is still smaller than the budget that
was adopted for 2001 even though spending is up 3.4% over last year. He
thinks the Town Board had done a decent job with the budget thus far and
there is more work to be done. Supervisor Ruggiero again wished to know if
there were any comments or questions. There were none.
Councilman Bettina moved to close the Public Hearing, seconded by
Supervisor Ruggiero and unanimously carried.
The Public Hearing closed at 7:45 p.m.
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Gloria J. Morse
Town Clerk
TOWN BOARD: TOWN OF WAPPINGER
DUTCHESS COUNTY: NEW YORK
IN THE MATTER AFFIDAVIT OF
OF
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
PRELIMINARY BUDGET OF 2004 FOR
THE TOWN OF WAPPINGER
STATE OF NEW YORK
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COUNTY OF DUTCHESS )
GLORIA J. MORSE, being duly sworn deposed and says:
POSTING
That she is the duly elected, qualified and acting Town Clerk of the Town of Wappinger,
County of Dutchess and State of New York.
That on October 31, 2003, your deponent posted a copy of the attached notice of Public
Hearing on the Preliminary Budget for the Town of Wappinger, on the signboard
maintained by your deponent in her office in the Town Hall of the Town of Wappinger,
20 Middlebush Road, Wappingers Falls, Dutchess County, New York.
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NOTICE IS HERBY GIVEN THAT the
Town Board of the Town of Wappinger
Will meet at the Town Hall, 20 Middlebush
Road, Town of Wappinger, Duchess
County, New York on the 6th day of No-
vember 2003 at 7:30 p.m. o'clock for the
purpose of holding a Public Hearing on
the Preliminary Budget of said Town for
the fisciiiyear beginning January 1, 2004.
A copy of said Preliminary Budget is
available at the office of the Town Clerk of
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the Town of Wappinger, Town Hall, 20
Supervisor $ 47,285.00
Middlebush Road, Town of Wappinger,
New York during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to
Town Clerk $ 47,160.00
Councilman
4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday where
$ 8,755.00
Councilman $ 8,755.00
it may be inspected by any interested
Councilman $ 8,755.00
person.
The proposed salaries of each member
Councilman $ 8,755.00
Dated October 27, 2003
of the Town Board, the Town Clerk and
Wappingers Falls, N.Y.
the Town Superintendent of Highways
BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD
are as follows.
Highway Superintendent $68,026.00
Gloria J. Morse, Town Clerk
Town of Wappinger
RECEIVED
°`'N'� ` i 2003
TOWN CLERK
Poughkeepsie Journal
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
THAT the Town Board of the
Town of Wappinger will
meet at the Town Hall, 20
Middlebush Road, Town of
Wappinger, Dutchess Coun-
ty, New York on the 6th day
of November 2003 at 7:30
P.m, o'clock for the purpose
of holding a Public Hearing
on the Preliminary Budget of
said Town for the fiscal year
beginning January 1, 2004.
A copy of said Prellmninary
Budget is available at the
office of the Town Clerk of
the Town of Wappinger,
Town Hall, 20 Middlebush
Road, Town of Wappinger,
New York during the hours
Of 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday
where it may be inspected
by any interested .person,
The proposed salaries of
each member of the Town
Board, the Town Clerk and
To
the wn Superintendent of
Highways are as follows.
Highway Superintendent
$68,026.00
Supervisor $47,285,00
Town Clerk $47,160.00
Councilman $8,755.00
Councilman $8,755.00
Councilman - $8,755.00
Councilman $8,755.00
Dated October 27, 2003
Wappingers Falls, N.Y.
BY ORDER OF
THE TOWN BOARD
Gloria J. Morse, Town Clerk
Town of Wappinger'
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State of New York
County of Dutchess
City of Poughkeepsie
Rita Lombardi , of the City of Poughkeepsie,
Dutchess County, New York, being duly sworn, says that at
the several times hereinafter mentioned she was and still is
the Principal Clerk of the Poughkeepsie Newspapers Division
of Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc., publisher of
the POUGHKEEPSIE JOURNAL, a newspaper printed and
published every day in the year in the city of
Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, and that the
annexed NOTICE was duly published in the said newspaper
foi ne i�eKs itiRessively, in each week, commencing
on the 30th day of
2003 and
thereafter, namely on:
on the following dates
And ending on the day of
2003 both days inclusive.
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