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2002-06-17 SPM06/17/2002.SPM A Emergency Meeting was held on June 17, 2002 at the Town Hall, 20 Middlebush Road, Wappingers Falls, New York. The purpose of the meeting is to adopt the resolution permitting Appropriations for Grinnell Library to be listed separately on Real Property Tax Bills. SUPERVISOR RUGGIERO opened the meeting at 8:00 p.m. Present: Joseph Ruggiero, Supervisor Robert Valdati, Councilman Vincent Bettina, Councilman Joseph Paoloni, Councilman Christopher Colsey, Councilman Gloria J. Morse, Town Clerk Others Present: Al Roberts, Attorney to the Town COUNCILMAN BETTINA moved to waive the forty-eight hour notice law, seconded by Mr. Paoloni and unanimously carried. RESOLUTION NO. 2002-205 RESOLUTION PERMITTING APPROPRIATIONS FOR GRINNELL LIBRARY TO BE LISTED SEPARATELY ON REAL PROPERTY TAX BILL The following Resolution was introduced by COUNCILMAN PAOLONI and seconded by Councilman Bettina WHEREAS, pursuant to Education Law §259.1.b (1), the Trustees of the Grinnell Library Association circulated a Petition among the voters of the Town of Wappinger to increase the funding of the Grinnell Library Association by the Town of Wappinger from $100,000 to $314,874; and WHEREAS, pursuant to said Petition, the request to increase the funding to $314,874 was placed on the ballot at the bi-annual election resulting in an approval by the voters of the Town of Wappinger to authorize the Town Board to increase such funding; and WHEREAS, the Town of Wappinger wishes to separate the appropriations for the Grinnell Library Association from the Town's general budget by making it a separate line item on the State, County and Town Real Property Tax Bills; and 1 06/17/2002.SPM WHEREAS, the Town Board, by adoption of this Resolution, hereby formally requests that the New York State Legislature, through its elected representatives, the Honorable Stephen M. Saland, Senator, and the Honorable Joel Miller, Assemblyman, to adopt appropriate amendments to the Law to permit Towns to separate funding for library purposes from the general fund and list them separately on each statement whenever such funding is authorized, or to adopt such other statutory amendments they deem appropriate to effectuate the purposes stated herein. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, as follows: 1. The recitations above set forth are incorporated in this Resolution as if fully set forth and adopted herein. 2. Request is hereby made of the New York State Legislature by the Town of Wappinger through its elected representatives, the Honorable Stephen M. Saland, Senator, and the Honorable Joel Miller, Assemblyman, to adopt appropriate legislation to permit municipalities to separate budget appropriations for library purposes from the general fund and list said appropriations separately on each statement of taxes sent to taxpayers or to adopt any other legislation or statutory enactment said representatives deem necessary and appropriate to accomplish the purposes indicated above. 3. It is the purpose and intention of this Resolution that the Town be given statutory authority to treat library appropriations as separate line items from the General Fund and listed separately on State, County and Town tax statements sent to the taxpayers. The foregoing was put to a vote which resulted as follows: JOSEPH RUGGIERO, Supervisor Voting Aye ROBERT L. VALDATI, Councilman Voting Aye VINCENT F. BETTINA, Councilman Voting Aye JOSEPH P. PAOLONI, Councilman Voting Aye CHRISTOPHER J. COLSEY, Councilman Voting Aye 2 06/17/2002.SPM The Resolution is hereby duly declared adopted. There was no other business to come before the Board. COUNCILMAN BETTINA moved to close the meeting, seconded by Mr. Valdati and unanimously carried. The meeting adjourned at 8:02 p.m. Gloria J. Morse Town Clerk