2010-03-05
Dutchess County Legislature
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SANDRA GOLDBERG
Minority Leader
DISTRICT XIV
TownNillage of Wappinger
March 5, 2010
Hon. Christopher Colsey, Supervisor
T own of Wappinger
20 Middlebush Road
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
RE: Municipal Charges for Election Expenses
Dear Hon. Colsey:
Thank you for your communication about the election expenses being passed onto
the local municipalities.
I opposed the pass through of County Election expenses to the local municipalities.
The Democratic majority with Republican support returned the 2010 County Budget
to the County Executive with this charge back removed from the budget as well as
revised numbers for the Board of Elections.
The County Executive vetoed this back into the budget. The Democrats voted to
override this veto, but there was not support on the Republican side and the override
failed. The charge backs now are part of the 2010 County Budget.
I strongly oppose this charge back. Passing these costs back onto the municipalities
only cost our residents more money than absorbing the costs into the County
budget.
Sincerely,
d~o~e~)J~
County Legislator, District #14
CC: Hon. William Beale, Councilman
Hon. Vincent Bettina, Councilman
Hon. Ismay Czarniecki, Councilwoman
Hon. Joseph Paoloni, Councilman
Hon. Chris Masterson, Town Clerk