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21
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 21 April 2006 |
The Town of Lansing passed Tompkins County's first local Sex Offender law in a unanimous vote Wednesday (04/19) night after a public hearing was held to present the law and allow the public to respond and ask questions. "While it's a sex offender law," explained Councilman Bud Shattuck, who proposed adopting such a law two months ago, "it doesn't have anything to do with sex. It's about offenders who have already been convicted and designated as such."
| Attorney Guy Krogh, Town Supervisor Steve farkas, Deputy Supervisor and Councilman Bud Shattuck, Councilwoman Connie Wilcox, Councilman Marty Christopher |
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Apr
21
2006
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 21 April 2006 |
The Town of Lansing passed a property tax exemption for qualified senior citizens in a 4-0 vote Wednesday night. The exemption identifies seniors with the most need, who have disabilities or low income, and provides relief on property taxes. This is the third year the Town has enacted the exemption. Earlier this year the Village of Lansing enacted a similar ordinance for veterans.
"The basic feeling is that it's the right thing to do," said Town Supervisor Steve Farkas. Seniors can apply for the exemption through the County Assessment Office.
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Apr
21
2006
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 21 April 2006 |
Now that the Town of Lansing has signed a 25 year lease for Salt Point with the DEC, plans are going forward to improve the property to create a nature center. Located across Salmon Creek from Myers Park, the area has suffered several incidents of illegal activities, partying and dumping. The Town wants to restore it to a place where birds and animals that naturally lived there can return, where residents can enjoy "a quiet place," in the words of Town Supervisor Steve Farkas.
A committee of residents has been working on a Salt Point Management Plan that was sent to the DEC for approval. A draft is now available to the public at the Town Hall, and residents may call Darby Kiley to request a copy be e-mailed. Last Tuesday began a 28 day public review period, during which residents may respond to the plan.
 Proposed Improvements Click on map for larger view |
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Apr
07
2006
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by Ted Laux
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Friday, 07 April 2006 |
In reading your recent article about the school board budget, I was surprised to see that the business administrator stated that "even if the budget remains at zero taxes will go up for most people, because assessments have continued to go up." That statement perpetuates the myth that assessments affect overall taxes. In fact, the taxes that people pay in aggregate are determined solely by the taxing body (e.g., the BOE). The assessments affect the distribution of the tax payments, but not the total.
In fact, if the school tax levy stayed the same, all of our assessments could triple overnight, and our school taxes would not rise at all because our assessment values would remain proportionally the same.
The bottom line is that taxpayers need to keep in mind that the total school taxes in the district are determined solely by the BOE and the levy that results from the budget it proposes. If we have a problem with rising school taxes, we need to look at the BOE's decisions, rather than blaming assessment values.
| Editor's reply: Larry Driscoll noted that if your tax assessment goes up that your individual taxes go up, not that the overall tax levy goes up. He wasn't trying to put the blame on the tax assessment. He did blame rising costs -- I listed the key ones that he mentioned in the article. You are quite right that if the tax levey remains the same, all things being equal taxes don't go up. Mia culpa - it was the way I worded "This will be a hit to most taxpayers..." not what Mr. Driscoll said. He said that if the levy remains zero for an individual and that individual's assessment goes up, that individual pays more. He was noting that assessments have been going up for most people recently. That's what I get for using "This" instead of "A 6% or higher tax rise..." |
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Apr
07
2006
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 07 April 2006 |
 04/03/2006 -- The controversial Lansing water district debate came to an end Monday night when the polls closed on the Algerine and Lansing Station Roads Water District Extension referendum. Residents in the proposed district voted 60-20 to bring water from Route 34B down Algerine Road to Lansing Station Road.
The vote ended months of impassioned public debate with Algerine Road residents largely against the water project because their wells are good and they are less able to afford the $592 annual cost. Lansing Station Road residents were as passionate because the quality of wells on the lakeshore road is uneven, with at least one well testing positive for crypto sporidia.
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