Assessing the assessor’s term John Purcell 08/10/11
Rotterdam Town Board to vote on term limit amendment
At the Monday, Aug. 8, agenda meeting, some members of the Rotterdam Town Board said they were surprised to see a resolution to extend the term length of part-time assessor John Macejka Jr.
Councilwoman Nicola DiLeva and Deputy Supervisor Robert Godlewski, both part of the interview process for a new assessor, said they thought Macejka understood that the position would be re-evaluated at the end of the year. Godlewski said the board was not sure if a part-time assessor would be able to meet the town’s needs going into the future, so the yearlong trial wasn’t necessarily meant to remove Macejka.
“It was understood by him that it was a part-time position, and we were going to re-evaluate it at the end of this year,” said Godlewski. “That was my impression when we went through the interview process and it was explained to him that it was for a year. We may not have put it in there.”
Town Attorney Joseph Liccardi and Macejka prepared the resolution, which is scheduled for a vote Wednesday, Aug. 10, to clearly state the appointment would last the remainder of the six-year term, which was originally held by Craig Surprise.
“The town can’t say, ‘We are only going to keep him for a year.’ … It just doesn’t work that way,” Macejka said. “It is just correcting and amending the resolution. … It is not a debate, it is state law. An assessor has a six-year appointment.”
DiLeva said she questioned the resolution because during the interview process Macejka appeared to have no problem with the year agreement.
Macejka said the term ending after a year wasn’t discussed with him.
“I went to Bob Godlewski more than once that they didn’t put the term in [the resolution]. He was aware of it, and he never put the term in there,” Macejka said. “What I agreed to is to perform the duties of the assessor and continue the term that was unexpired.”
Macejka said he simply wants to right a wrong. After a board meeting in July, he said he noticed a resolution regarding the work day and term of office for four appointed officials, and it had him listed with a term ending at the end of the year. He said the board is obligated to appoint him for the remainder of the previous assessor’s term, which ends Sept. 30, 2013.
Macejka said when he approached Supervisor Frank Del Gallo about the term, Del Gallo recommended he work with Liccardi since he worked on the original resolution.
Another reason getting the term in writing is to correct information sent to the state and local employees’ retirement system, something that is addressed in another resolution to be discussed at the board’s Aug. 10 meeting. This would allow Macejka to count his salary earned into the retirement system. On Aug. 8, board members weren’t clear if this would mean the town would have to pay into the retirement system for Macejka. Pension is based on years of service and total earnings, said Godlewski........................>>>>........................>>>>........................http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1313008153
It will be interesting to see who is going to vote YES and agree to a 6 year term to help a lifetime bureaucrat pad his tax free state pension? Residents are losing their a**’s in their 401K’s and worried about their own futures and retirements, and this guy is trying to latch on to another municipality to help pad his GARUNTEED pension.
Let's get some fresh blood in that office, somebody not in the friends and family club of Rotterdam parasites.
I don't think its a six year hitch. More like two. I see a layoff in that office to compensate the full time assessor. Maybe get rid of two long time beauracrats for the price of one. Makes sense. Then the needs of the office can be met by a clueless beauracrat from another County. Stay tuned for another implosion in the ASSessors Office.
It will be interesting to see who is going to vote YES and agree to a 6 year term to help a lifetime bureaucrat pad his tax free state pension? Residents are losing their a**’s in their 401K’s and worried about their own futures and retirements, and this guy is trying to latch on to another municipality to help pad his GARUNTEED pension.
Let's get some fresh blood in that office, somebody not in the friends and family club of Rotterdam parasites.
You sound like you are referring to Surprise. LOL. Didn't he have a boatload of towns padding his pension along with a NiMo pension? Friggin hypocrite.
What a joke.... and the Supervisor suggests macejka use liccardi? talk about the good ol boys club..... And these are the idiots working with the goof troop! Can we pleasssssssssssssssse make buffardi supervisor already and end this nonsense!
What a joke.... and the Supervisor suggests macejka use liccardi? talk about the good ol boys club..... And these are the idiots working with the goof troop! Can we pleasssssssssssssssse make buffardi supervisor already and end this nonsense!
Yeah, we need a fresh face bureaucrat, state pension collector like Buffardi...
Maybe he can get Macejka a job at the college too? You know, so he can really stick it to the taxpayers. Buffardi will show him how they suck the taxpayer dry in the big leagues. You're not a top tier bureaucrat unless you collect taxpayer dollars on multiple levels.
See.....ya can always come back to the 'family business' when the 'family' still owns it!!!!
JM 'knew' this part time position was up for review at the end of one year. Another EE fiasco of 'rapping the taxpayers'!! Aren't the democon friends and family club great???
If rotterdamians vote in even one more democon..............they will be in deep do-do!!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
What a joke.... and the Supervisor suggests macejka use liccardi? talk about the good ol boys club..... And these are the idiots working with the goof troop! Can we pleasssssssssssssssse make buffardi supervisor already and end this nonsense!
I believe that most attorneys agree that weather we like it or not Macejka is the assessor until 2013. Move on and stop with this nonsense. Others will be hurt if this doesn't get resolved.
I think that it is true that people may be hurt if we don't extend a contract for a long term and make it so that politics doesn't come into play with the assessor's office. Not since the GOP controlled the town did we have politics there and that was because there was no balance in the government with the GOP controlling each of the seats. That struck a bad blow against working families who depend on two party government.
Got it...Teaching college= BAD teaching high school = good.... Makes a hell of a lot of sense to me!!!!!!
I think the comparison would be:
Former Deputy Sheriff, Former Elected Sheriff, Appointed Community College Professor, collecting a state pension and running for Town Supervisor = Professional Bureaucrat
School Teacher, successful private business owner running for Supervisor = Well Rounded candidate that has the experience in both the public and private sector and understands the balance necessary between both.
Yeah why would we want future police officers to learn from the former sheriff????????????? Former "doer" teaches what he did vs loser who can't do anything else sucks the government's teet for life........ then bit(hes about fellow teet suckers what a re worthless moron...and if he's so daaaaaaammmmmmmnnnnnnn successful why is he still teaching sucking the government teet?????? Obviously he's not that successful hahahahahhahahahahahahaha
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