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by Marcia E. Lynch
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Friday, 06 July 2007 |
 Legislature Authorizes Reallocation of Unspent Funds
By a vote of 9 to 2, the Legislature authorized 17 county departments to use surplus funds from 2006 to support current year expenses. (Legislators Dooley Kiefer and Pam Mackesey voted no; Legislators Dick Booth, Kathy Luz Herrera, Tyke Randall and Nathan Shinagawa were absent).) County Finance Director David Squires has certified $1.3 million in unspent appropriations and excess revenues and, pursuant to county fiscal policy, departments requested $1.1 million of that amount be rolled over to support department needs this year.
Mackesey said her opposition stems from structural concerns regarding how the rollover process is administered, that the process does not provide legislators adequate opportunity to review all requests and consider the County Administrator’s recommendations. Because of that, she said, “we are not vetting these things with as careful an eye as we can.” Kiefer also expressed concern that she did not have enough information to make decisions on specific items.
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Jul
06
2007
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 06 July 2007 |
July 6 -- Lansing's Town Board voted unanimously this morning to table the sewer project indefinitely. The $18 million project has been in development for at least a dozen years as Lansing participated with the 'Group of 6,' other local communities seeking a shared municipal solution to treating effluent in the area, for a half dozen years, and another six trying to come up with a viable solution for Lansing. In the end it came down to too much cost. "We listened to everybody both pro and con," says Town Supervisor Steve Farkas. "We went down every avenue as far as monies available, all of those things. At this point it's just not there."
Over the past several years a sewer committee met at least once a month and often more, to try to come up with a solution that would both serve the Town and be cost effective. A subcommittee spearheaded by Andy Sciarabba and Noel Desch attempted to find additional funding the bring the cost down. But as more people wanted to be included in the area that would actually be serviced the cost continued to climb. Farkas says that and inflation did the project in. "I would say at least 60% of the increasing cost since the late '80s has been inflation," he estimated. "It's killed us."
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Jul
06
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 06 July 2007 |
 Mayor Donald Hartill
As the Town attempts to get its ducks in a row before a September sewer vote, one of the key elements that officials say must be in place is a signed MOU between the Town and Village of Lansing. This MOU would address a portion of the trunk sewer line that would go through the Village to join the Town sewers with the Cayuga Heights treatment plant. Part of the MOU has to do with how much the Village will pay, but the other issue it addresses is ownership of the part that goes through the Village and who will say when repairs and maintenance must be effected.
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06
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 06 July 2007 |
 Last week a new swimming pool law went into effect in the Town of Lansing. In response to multiple cases of people building a pool, but not completing electrical inspections or fence construction, the law sets a time limit on completing the whole project. "The problem is that once the structure is in the ground and filled with water you're pretty darned sure that people are using it," says Town Attorney Guy Krogh. Under the old system they can just keep applying for permit after permit, thus avoiding having to build fences and things that help protect children in the neighborhood."
The law says that building permits for swimming pools will last three months, and can only be renewed three times. The pool must be completed within 12 months of the issuance of the first permit, which means that the pool, electrical work, fencing and any other part of the project required by a law passed in 2006 must be pass inspection to satisfy the requirements for the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy. "If someone completely fails to do everything that's required, the Town can force them to remove the pool or fill it in, it provides for inspection and enforcement powers and sets criminal penalties for violations," Krogh says.
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2007
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 29 June 2007 |
Lansing's Town Board passed a new local law last week that consolidates rules and governs behavior in all of the Town parks. The law was prompted by new regulations the Town will enforce at Salt Point now that the Town's lease with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is in force, but it covers all parks in Lansing. "One of the requirements of the DEC was that we actually control activities there by setting forth management plans, rules, and regulations," says Town Attorney Guy Krogh. "It's high time given the density and use of the Town that there be some rules and regulations to govern conduct in all the parks, and that's what this law attempts to do."
Click here for the full text of the parks and recreation law
How Many Broken Laws Can You Find In This Picture?
The Star stopped by Salt Point on Wednesday and found many violations of the parks law. These men were breaking at least three aspects of the law by driving and parking off of the designated roadway, swimming in an area that is not identified as a 'designated swimming area,' and blasting their truck radio at high volume. It is parked next to the remains of a bonfire, another violation.
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