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#Post#: 1062--------------------------------------------------
Are Fairport Officials Out of Touch with Reality?
DIR By: Michael Caswell
Date: April 25, 2020, 4:35 am
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In a recent correspondence with the Village Mayor and Trustees,
the ECNA asked them to reconsider their recent tax hike due to
the crisis we are in.
It was mentioned that many people in Monroe County are dying
from COVID-19, that there was a school budget foisted on the
residents by a very dubious election process, where only 2000
people voted for a $60,000,000 budget out of 40,000+ residents,
for many things we could well cope without. The Town Of
Perinton had reassessed property values with an enormous hike.
We cited that most businesses were closed, most people were out
of work, many businesses would never recover, many jobs would be
lost forever.
23% of our school children were registered as living below the
poverty line, which entitled them to free school dinners.
We mentioned the outcry in the village of Sweden
To Mayor Domaritz
I hope you can reconsider your tax hike.
HTML https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52312366
It would be interesting to find our how many residents here are
actually unemployed, and how many businesses that have closed
are concerned their future is dark.
HTML https://amp.whec.com/articles/tremendous-outcry-over-reassessment-in-town-of-sweden-5708270.html
Just to remind you, we're THE HIGHEST taxed village on the
canal! I hope you can change your mind about this hike.
Our new Mayor's response?
"Thank you for your feedback!"
The response was immediate, and she could not have even bothered
to read the links we provided. They were dismissed out of hand.
Obviously our Mayor and Trustees don't seem to understand what a
slap in the face this tax hike is to us. Talk about hitting
someone when they are down!
Surely, they could have made savings, or changes to reflect
current community issues? Surely they could have at least
stalled off this small hike.
With our taxes already at 2-4 times the rate of our neighboring
villages, and the hike averaging some $25-50 per property, one
has to wonder whose side they are on. Certainly not the
residents of Fairport, they are totally out of touch with the
reality they are placing on the Fairport Village Taxpayers .
We can't stand any more taxes...please stop.
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Fairport Village Budget is about salaries, not the community
DIR By: Doug K
Date: April 25, 2020, 8:20 am
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The issues with local Village government aren't about the cost
as much as where that money goes...right into salaries.
Now the Village OFFICIALS will tell you it's a necessary part of
having the Village, except the same type of Government exists
right in the Town of Perinton which can do the same job for
Fairport it does for Perinton. And FAIRPORT VILLAGE taxpayers,
well they already pay for that Town Government, right along with
the rest of the residents of Perinton. Are you not sure why TWO
local villages governments are needed? We are wondering that
too.
Even the Village Budget page that explains the 2.39% increase to
Village Residents shows where the bulk of the budget increase
will go... Village Personnel.
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And what would anyone expect to happen when you have Personnel &
Overall Village Departments spending taxpayer dollars at these
rates for public service salaries & employees.
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Village trustees $97,474
Village Justice $67,935
Central Garage $143.447
Info technology $132,198
Village Clerk/Treasurer $245,950
Code enforcement $123,791
Historical Preservation $17,092
Village Police $1,218,944
Fire dept $237,777
Health Insurance $571,580
NYS Retirement $434,700
Other $581,742
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And what could be worse you ask?
The Village Government/Board & Clerk Treasurer, PASS a Village
Budget EVERY YEAR, with little to no input from Village
Residents who cannot VOTE on this. It's made up to keep these
people in jobs... that's it in a nutshell.
[size=24pt]Village Budgets pass because the people who benefit
MOST from these MILLIONS of dollars simply say "Aye" at a
Village Board Meeting
Go look at the "proposed" Fairport Village Budget
yourself...just to see how much they try to justify the increase
and the overall amount. It's a bit hard to find buried in the
Ecode360 Town Code section of the Village website. Compare this
to most village budgets which are just a series of tables and
figures
HTML https://ecode360.com/documents/FA0327/public/535054521.pdf
And here's how the Fairport Village Government compares to other
similar bodies according to Government Salaries website
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And if you thought that was bad?
Look at the Fairport Village Plan that is still in place from
2007 and was last reviewed in 2012. It's an old NY village,
working to an old village plan, that may not make sense anymore.
HTML https://ecode360.com/documents/FA0327/public/250055810.pdf
If you haven't figured it out yet, Village Taxpayers don't
support a "Village Government" they support a COMPANY paid for
with Village Residents Tax Dollars...
HTML https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.village_of_fairport.82bc14efc112c12e214c2b4443806210.html
The old Village Plan and the INCREASED Village Budget, none of
this matters, as long as Village Officials can manipulate the
public (and the budget numbers) to insure they keep their jobs,
and their friend's jobs, and the Fairport Village "company"
working... paying their way at taxpayer expense.
Wake up Fairport, your Village Government is broken, and the
Town Government can help...but only if you make it happen.
HTML https://ecna.us/grace/fairport-village-reorganization/
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Or Village Residents can keep paying the $18950 it costs PER
DAY, to keep the FAIRPORT Village Government up and running,
picking your pocket every year to maintain jobs for 88 people,
pay their healthcare, subsidize their "company trips" and help
them in their retirement years.
After all.. it's Village Government... the Community GIFT that
keeps on giving... and giving...and giving.
#Post#: 1066--------------------------------------------------
Re: Are Fairport Officials Out of Touch with Reality?
DIR By: Michael Caswell
Date: April 25, 2020, 10:20 am
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Brockport has 50% more people than Fairport and runs at 15% less
cost, with about 25% more land to manage.
Something is wrong with Fairport!
The GRACE Law was designed exactly to address villages that have
lost touch with reality - like Fairport.
#Post#: 1073--------------------------------------------------
All Town & Village Leadership is out of Touch with
Reality...
DIR By: Doug K
Date: April 28, 2020, 10:40 am
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If you want any more proof that Fairport Village, like most
Village Governments, are avoiding the "truth" about costly
Village Government look no further than this graph below.
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What you see is the cost comparisons of having local Governments
"manage" spaces... and what's inside those spaces.
Both types of governments have buildings and employees, both
have a main leader and governing boards to direct work. Each
government can build their workforce the way they see fit to
manage their needs.
Taxpayer in the Towns & Villages pay for BOTH governments in
some way, shape, or form but the ratio of support changes based
on location. Village folks pay for Village Government more than
Town residents give, and Town residents pay for government
support to provide resources in their Towns more than the
Village residents do.
But each group uses both Town & Village resources and "space" in
similar ways. The Town Government space can be larger, which in
NY State most seem to be in the 30-40 square mile range. The
Village Government space is normally smaller, and these range
from 1-4 square miles normally. But each space pretty much gets
the same work done, by people with similar skill sets, yet the
Annual Operational Cost for the VILLAGE compared to the Town by
space is extremely lopsided.
So if you were HIRING a business that managed land, cleaning it,
moving snow, picking up refuse like branch/leaf debris & spring
clean-ups and the like, would you want to pay MORE of LESS for
that work?
Would you look for the company or business that can provide the
work needed at a higher cost or one that was lower for the same
list of work that needed to be done? Would you want a business
that catered more to the needs of a few select local businesses
or one that treated local residents equally & fairly?
Local Government IS a BUSINESS, it's supported with sales of
water, collection of wastewater & processing fees, and also in
some cases a Village might sell electricity to help defer it's
overall operating expenses. By far the BIGGEST contribution to
local government is in TAXES that the residents have to pay.
From what we can see... Village Residents are being treated very
unfairly if you look at what is being offered, who is ACTUALLY
using that Village, and how efficiently each local government is
getting it's necessary work done.
Town people should pay more for having and using their local
Village, and the Village folks should give more to support Town
spaces, after all, that's where Wal-mart's & Wegman's are
located. This arrangement is obviously NOT fair to Village
residents who are paying MILLIONS for keeping a few square miles
of land in order, when Town residents are paying in hundreds of
thousand per square mile range?
Isn't it time to Reorganize our Local Governments to better
serve the people of these Towns & Villages and NOT the local
government leaders who can't agree how best to serve their
taxpaying base?
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