2002-136bRESOLUTION NO. 2002-136b
RESOLUTION AGAINST THE PROPOSED INCREASE IN THE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS MANAGEMENT FUND
The following Resolution was introduced by COUNCILMAN VALDATI and
was seconded by COUNCILMAN PALONI.
WHEREAS, the Governor has proposed to remove certain offices overseeing
Cultural Education from the New York State Education Department,
incorporating these in an entirely new Institute for Cultural Education; and
WHEREAS, in order to fund this Institute; including the State Archives,
State Library, State Museum and State Office for Public Broadcasting, New
York State will need to raise millions of dollars in capital investment and
plans to do this by quadrupling the present five dollars collected by all
County Clerks and the Register of the City of New York on all recorded,
indexed and entered documents to twenty dollars, effective July 1, 2002; and
WHEREAS, the Local Government Records Management Improvement Fund
was created in 1989 to support grants and technical assistance to local
governments to improve and enhance the management of their records and
information; and
WHEREAS, said fee increase would provide no improvement in service for
taxpayers paying the fee nor any additional benefits to the local government
that must collect said fee increase; and
WHEREAS, no demonstrated benefit has been identified in the relocation of
these functions to the proposed Institute, in contrast to the highly effective
and beneficial relationships that local government now enjoy with the New
York State Education Department; now be it hereby
RESOLVED, by the Town Board, Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New
York, that this body stands firmly opposed to this proposal; and be it further
RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be delivered to the Governor, the
New York State Legislature and all others deemed necessary and proper, and
we urge them to likewise oppose this proposal.
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
JOSEPH PAOLONI, Councilman Voting Aye
CHRISTOPHER, COLSEY, Councilman Voting Aye
Dated: Wanningers Falls, New York
c 2002
This Resol ton is here dec ar d adopted
GLORIA J. MORSE'TOWAN 'TOWCLERK