Town of Seneca Falls

SF TOWN BOARD WANTS ZERO TAX TO CONTINUE:

For the fourth consecutive year, town officials plan to adopt a budget that carries no general fund tax.

The budget will, however, include taxes for special districts, such as lighting, fire and highway.

Copies of the proposed $4.7 million spending plan for 2007 were expected to be available today. Town Supervisor Peter Same told the Town Board Tuesday that it pretty much consists of department head requests at this point.

Workshops are scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Oct. 11 and 25 at the Community Center and 6 p.m. Oct. 17 at Vince's Park. A public hearing is planned for 7 p.m. Nov. 8, the town's next regular board meeting (which is delayed a day by Election Day).

Same said that besides keeping the tax rate at zero percent, other major issues include continuing with water projects and the building of a tax stabilization fund; and deciding whether to keep and renovate the pool at Vince's Park, for an estimated $750,000.
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The tax stabilization fund was started last year with $1 million to guard against big tax increases after the town's revenue stream from Seneca Meadows/IESI stops in about 20 years. Under a host community agreement with the landfill, the town receives 4.5 percent - about $2.5 million a year - of the landfill's gross revenues.