| SUPERVISORS NOTES, BUDGET 2006 | |||||||||||||
| PAGE 1 | The Town approved a Local Law to move to a Sole Assessor for 2006. At the time of printing this budget the | ||||||||||||
| Town is still in negotiation with the Town of Hamden to provide assessing to their Town as well. Their reimbursement | |||||||||||||
| is shown on page 5 as a Service to Other Governments. This amount may change based on future negotiations. | |||||||||||||
| PAGE 3 | The Highway Superintendent has requested an increase in the line of personal services for a secretary. This was decreased | ||||||||||||
| due to no secretary being hired last year. $3000.00 will allow an individual to work about 7 hours per week for $8.00 per hour. | |||||||||||||
| The Superintendent requested $130,000.00 for the building of a cold storage facility at the Highway Sheds on State Route 10. | |||||||||||||
| It is recommended that if the Town Board is interested in building this facility, it should be put off until a sale of the old highway sheds. | |||||||||||||
| PAGE 4 | With the elimination of three elected positions, this budget line can be decreased. Since a Sole Assessor will be appointed full | ||||||||||||
| time, they should be subject to some insurance benefit. By adding full time appointed to this budget line will allow the Town to offer | |||||||||||||
| a health benefit without having to purchase insurance for an employee, even though they would be eligible for Town Insurance Policies. | |||||||||||||
| The budget line is for a Sole Assessor and nine elected officials at $3250.00 of reimbursement per year. | |||||||||||||
| PAGE 5 | Revenues for Franchises can be increased due to a dramatic increase in franchises being paid by energy companies. | ||||||||||||
| Per Capita and Mortgage Tax Revenues can be increased due to the large amount that is being received currently. In the future the Board | |||||||||||||
| may want to revisit these amounts to make sure that these revenues are not being over estimated. | |||||||||||||
| PAGE 6 | Since the Town will be hiring a new Code Enforcement Officer, this salary line can be reduced. It was set when the old CEO was hired and | ||||||||||||
| increased with annual percentage hikes. The Board modified this amount this year when hiring the current CEO that was not certified. | |||||||||||||
| The Village of Walton Clerk verified that the $5000.00 paid towards the pool bond was no longer needed. They did mention that it was the | |||||||||||||
| intent of the Village Board for those monies to by transferred over to the contractual amount since the Village has not asked for an | |||||||||||||
| increase in that line for many years. At this time, the money should be left out. It would be a good idea for the Town to | |||||||||||||
| ask for a detailed report of expenditures that these funds provide within the Village. | |||||||||||||
| PAGE 9 | For new equipment, a new 10 wheeler, mower, small pickup, and a 550 pickup were requested. At this time, an additional 10 wheeler and | ||||||||||||
| mower seem in line. The Highway Committee may want to review these again with the Highway Superintendent. | |||||||||||||
| For Budget 2005 the Board increased the line for Brush because this line had been overspent for a couple of years. At this time the amount | |||||||||||||
| should stay the same unless other information is available. | |||||||||||||
| Personal Services and Contractual have been decreased slightly. Hopefully by November we may have or be close to finalizing a Teamsters | |||||||||||||
| Contract and these costs can more accurately reflect what the Town will be paying Highway Employees. | |||||||||||||
| PAGE 10 | Revenue increases for Services for Other Governments has been added due to the Walton Fire Department purchasing fuel from the Town | ||||||||||||
| at the Town's cost. This increase is also reflected in the DB revenues. | |||||||||||||
| PAGE 11 | These decreases are the same as mentioned previously on PAGE 9. | ||||||||||||