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Jun
27
2008
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Friday, 27 June 2008 |
 Sheriff Peter Meskill today announced a new program in cooperation with the State Department of Correctional Services that will lead to significant cost savings for Tompkins County. Sheriff Peter Meskill said that Sheriffs across New York State, and especially those in the Western New York area, anticipate considerable savings to their counties as a result of a decision by the New York State Department of Correctional Services to designate added facilities as reception facilities for receiving state prisoners.
When county jail inmates are sentenced to serve prison terms in a New York correctional facility, the Sheriff is required to transport that individual to one of a few designated prisons for further processing by state correctional officers. At a recent training conference for Sheriffs hosted by the New York State Sheriffs' Association, State DOCS Commissioner Brian Fischer met with Sheriffs and heard that some must make very lengthy trips to deliver these inmates into State custody.
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Jun
20
2008
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 20 June 2008 |
Monday night a large crowd gathered for the official dedication of the band stand in Myers Park from the Lansing Lion's Club to the Town of Lansing. After a day of storms that rained hail over Lansing, the weather was perfect for the occasion. Supervisor Scott Pinney, Town Board members Connie Wilcox, Matt Besemer, and Marty Christopher were on hand along with Parks Superintendent Steve Colt to be part of the ceremony.
"We put together an idea, and the idea came into fruition," said outgoing Lions President Lin Davidson. "Today the Lansing Lions would like to convey the gazebo to the Town. There's no key to the gazebo, so we can't hand you the key, but it is now the Town's."
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Jun
20
2008
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Friday, 20 June 2008 |
ITHACA, NY - TCAT will provide free bus service between downtown and Ithaca College for the community fireworks show on Wednesday night, July 2. TCAT (Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit) has offered the service for more than a decade, according to Fran Benedict, chair of the volunteer committee that organizes the annual fireworks shows.
TCAT will begin its shuttle service at 6:30 p.m., traveling from the East Green Street shelter near the Tompkins County Public Library. Buses will run every 15 minutes, picking up passengers along the route until 9 p.m. Fireworks begin about 9:45 p.m. Return service will begin immediately following the fireworks and continue through 11:30 p.m.
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Jun
20
2008
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by Marcia E. Lynch and Staff
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Friday, 20 June 2008 |
 The Legislature has gone on record in support of federal legislation to enact a federal carbon tax, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas, including carbon dioxide, said to be a major contributor to global warming. The vote was 10-4, with Legislators Frank Proto, Greg Stevenson, Mike Hattery and Mike Sigler voting no; Legislator Tyke Randall was absent.
The county’s Environmental Management Council had recommended county support for the carbon tax. The action, advanced by Legislator Carol Chock, calls for the carbon tax to be levied on importers and domestic extractors and refiners of fossil fuels, “with revenues directed to tax relief for low- and moderate-income households and financial support for conservation and sustainable energy programs, with public monitoring to ensure compliance.”
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Jun
20
2008
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by Marcia E. Lynch
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Friday, 20 June 2008 |
Legislature Sets Fiscal Targets for 2009 Budget
By a vote of 8-5, the Legislature established guidelines for preparation of 2009 County budget by county departments and agencies. (Legislators Martha Robertson, Will Burbank, Pam Mackesey, Dooley Kiefer and Carol Chock voted no: Legislators Tyke Randall and Leslyn McBean-Clairborne were absent.) The guidelines keep fiscal targets for not-for-profit agencies and for county municipalities and agencies receiving reimbursement under the Sales Tax Agreement with the City of Ithaca at the level approved in the 2008 adopted budget, and set the target for county departments at the 2008-approved level, plus 2009 negotiated salary increases.
An amendment unsuccessfully proposed by Robertson would also have provided a 3 percent target adjustment for agencies, in recognition of the need to provide increases for staff salaries and benefits, That proposed amendment failed by an identical 5-8 vote. Supporters of the amendment had maintained that agency needs must be recognized in a practical and meaningful fashion, in light of the important work agencies do for the County, and that failing to do so sends a clear and negative message. But others, among them Legislators Frank Proto and Mike Hattery, countered that it is still early in the budget process, and the process should be allowed to work, and the County Administrator provided the latitude needed to craft a budget that meets the Legislature’s 3 percent tax levy increase goal.
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