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.