Mike LaFlair – 2nd Ward Councilor

Please see the attached for a Price List of extra items that you may want picked up.      Dependable Extra Pickup Price List

The next meeting of the Committee will be on April 26 held at the Onondaga Rd. Elementary School at 6:30.  The May 1oth meeting location will soon be announced.

At the last session of the Onondaga County Legislature they memorialized a resolution urging the Governor & State Legislature to adopt measures to reduce the high cost of the mandates passed down to the County.  Currently the entirety of the County property taxes collected go directly to the state to cover our mandated pension & Medicare costs and it is estimated that from 2001 to 2014 these cost will have climbed 2400%.  I want the residents to be assured our County Legislature is doing everything in their power to combat this.

From an earlier post I noted that the Onondaga County Legislature will hold a public hearing at a on Tuesday, March 6 1:00 to consider a resolution authorizing a partial real property tax exemption on real property owned by an enrolled volunteer firefighter or volunteer ambulance worker residing in the county.

I am happy to report this was approved and is another signal of the cooperative nature of the relationship between the town and the County Legislature under the leadership of the Chairman of the County Legislature Ryan McMahon.

Friday, March 16th: 7:30 – 8:45am
City Hall Commons, 201 E. Washington St.
1st Floor Atrium

F.O.C.U.S. Greater Syracuse, Inc. has a contract with Onondaga County to work with you, the citizens of Onondaga County to validate citizen ideas generated in reports for over 60 years (dating 1950 to 2011) for improving the area around the lake.  Many voices including residents, local, state and federal governments, the private sector, organizational stakeholders and individuals will be heard resulting in a collaborative blueprint for the development of the lake shore.  Onondaga County owns approximately 90% of the land around Onondaga Lake and has expressed its commitment to organize the needs and desires of its citizens into a blueprint to move forward with implementation.  Together we will restore a local treasure to be enjoyed for generations.

Please consider joining us for this discussion facilitated by F.O.C.U.S. staff where we will share:

*  What we know that already exists on Onondaga Lake shores including Onondaga Park
*  Ideas for the Onondaga Lake shores that have been generated by citizens for over 60 years
*  Your top 5 preferences from an existing list of ideas (to be counted and announced)
*  Discussion with experts and new ideas

Here is the agenda for the March 13 Town board meeting:

OLD BUSINESS – None

NEW BUSINESS

1.  Approve the ADA-PEP Program for January –June 2012 and authorize Supervisor to sign.

2.  Set the date, time, and place as April 10, 2012 at 9:00 A.M. at the Camillus Municipal Building to open sealed bids for  furnishing topsoil on an as needed basis to the Town of Camillus Highway, Parks and Recreation, and Water Department for the 2012 calendar year.  (Per Public Works Committee)

3.  Approve payment number 21 in the amount of $35,368.56 for the West Genesee Street Scape Project (Marchiselli Grant) and authorize Supervisor to sign.  (Per Barton & Loguidice, P.C.)

4.  Amend resolution number 71 dated February 14, 2012 to restate:  Authorize the Supervisor to execute the application to acquire surplus property from New York State to be added to the Erie Canal Park as described in the memorandum from David Beebe, dated January 17, 2012 and furthermore the responsible party for making decisions for this surplus property request and signing any necessary documents will be Town Supervisor, Mary Ann Coogan.

The planning Board meeting for Monday, March 12 has been cancelled.

You can view the minutes of the February 23 meeting by clicking here:

Meeting_Minutes_02.23.2012-1

The next meeting will be held on Thursday, March 22, 7:00 in the Town Hall large Conference Room.

Current economic times have resulted in the West Genesee School District reducing the modified sports programs. As a result, 300 student athletes will no longer have a chance to play modified sports. A community group has been formed to try to save modified sports at West Genesee and received your support. I would like to congratulate the organizers and community for raising $75,000 to “SAVE MODIFIED SPORTS” for 2011. The fund raising for 2012 has begun. Please continue to support the youth in our community with your donations.  More information is available at there website: www.savemodifiedsportsatwg.com

As I had mentioned during my campaign, I feel it is very important to communicate with you on a regular basis.  Staying true to that pledge, I also made it a priority to provide consistent updates in regards to Township 5.  I recently met with Kevin Eldred from the Cameron Group, and we have agreed to meet on a quarterly basis to keep the residents informed of the progress of the project.  As many of you know, over the last several years, market conditions have put many real estate development projects across the country on hold and this one is no different.  Fortunately, market conditions are improving and hopefully Township 5 will benefit from this.  As mentioned we will be meeting regularly and I look forward to a positive and proactive relationship with the Cameron Group.