1963-02-27
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February 27. 1963
Wi111aa V. Welch. Esq.
COUIlty Attomay
8 Lafayette Place
Poushkee,sie, New York
Dear Bill:
As you know, under Section 54 of State 1inanee Law
cit1es. tOVll' and vi1laps are entitled to receive
per capita .tate aid. CGaputation i. normally
baaed on the f.deral dece1lD1al oe...118.S. However.
uncler Subeection S-A of SectiOD .54 if a local lIWIlic-
ipality obta1u a .pactal f.deral cenaus f1pn for
the auaicipality and certifies the re.u1t. to the
Itate controller, the .peclal cenlue flsure will be
used for future ltate aid CcaputatiOllI until the
_xt decennial cenlus fiprel an available.
The Town of wappinpr: il gravina at a very rapid
rate. ...d the TOWIl. therefore, recently explored
the pO.libility of havin& now a .peclal C.DlUI to
ref18ct the population p-owth siDee the lalt decen-
nial ceDlU'. In explor1rlg thil problem .. were
aclvi..d by Mr. HiltOll Alpert of the Office of Local .~
GCMu:_at that in hi. Op1n1OD _ly -ODe .peclal
ceDIUI in t1ie ten year periodl between decenalal
cenausea would be recO&l11ud for iDona"d .tate
aid _ pu.!fo.... Mr. Paul Buahel of the State Ccm-_
~ . OffiC!8 __dvi8ed _ on the telePhODe that.
, 18 the Controller bacla".nntly never ruled on
thil poillt, he ... la.li....d to thiilk that Hr. Alpert'l
opinion was correct.
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In view of the.. cirCnaatance., our Town bal abandoned
tlMa propoaal to ~ an ~dlate lpeclal aenaul linee
it ..... probable that _ra ltate aid would be reali&ed
in the ..resate if the .pac1&l cenlUl were cODClu.cted
two or tbne year. fr_ now.
If per caplta .tate .1el 11 iatencled to provide .tate
18Oll1e1 for local SOYerm.nt in proportlon to the ....
bar of inhabitantl of a ..lalpalitYl it 1_' fun.
"'ntally u.nfair to nquire a aunlc palltr that il
srovf.aa a. rapidly al our. 11 to reltr1ct t..lf to
ODe l,.c1&1 population _nlU. in ten year..
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The problem 1 have outlined for the Town of W&pp1nger,
1 would 8uppo8e, i8 8hared by IDOst of the T0Wi\8 in the
.atem FLorti011 of the county. Supervi80r LiDp i8
con8i&lr as1d.n& the Board of Supervisors to request
our local ais1ators to .poasor leaislation mak1aa it
clear that a lIUIlicipality 1s privilepd to conduct more
than ODe .pecial population census cluriDg the ten year
period between d.e._14l cenau..s, and to have the
renlts of each such special cenlUl be reflected in
atate aid allotmenta. Be, therefore, asked.. to write
thi8 letter to IOU apbst the poa.ibilU:y that you may
be aslead to draft an appropriate resolution for the
Board of Superviaors.
Sincerely your8,
JCW: lc
cc: Supervi80r ticbard H. Linae