2018 Budget Recap – The Town Board voted on the 2018 budget this past October. Some of the highlights of this budget are: An increase of 0.01 %; New mowing equipment for the Erie Canal Park (taken from Parkland Development fees); Safety upgrades to Town Hall such as a new gym floor and a new fire alarm system; A change in employee health insurance was made from Excellus to the Onondaga County Employee Benefits Association (OCEBA). OCEBA is a self-funded program with 14 other public entities. This change his in health insurance carriers will save us $116,000 for this fiscal year; Fairmount Fire Department will be buying new airbags and is also planning to construct their new training facility;
Camillus Landfill revenue is up by over $300,000 and our sewer fees went down by $25,000; A full time director of the Camillus Senior Center was added due to the rise in programs and registrants. Some of the challenges we faced in this budget are: Mandatory contributions to both the Police and Fire Retirement System (NYPFRS) and the Employee Retirement System (NYSERS) went up; Trash/Recycling Pickup went up $10 per household; all due to OCRRA’s increase in tipping fees; Minimum Wage increases to $10.40 an hour this year; WAVES continues to struggle collecting fees that insurance companies have paid to users. The Entire budget can be found here at BUDGET