I heard you senders.......and ..............this is so blatant and the legal intern.....the justice clerk.....the TOWN CLUCK......

need to stand up and write letters to the editor.....REMS gone and in place the 6 or 5 hundred K....goes in the pockets of the

government...

how much more are they going to steal under the guise of saving money....ya want a raise it should be 2 %.....not 10%....in fact no

raise at all...especially also for the Attorney.....heard she has a "mouth" could be worse than senders.

let them see what it's like to go without.....no Lexus....no big SUV.....no car at all.....limited food....no eating out....no luxury of going to GHOST

they are no kind of people that should be in government....selfish.....and have their own agenda....crooks.....scumbags.....

used to have respect for those elected....but no more.....it is so underhanded....and so let them go and have that great food

at the place on

Hamburg St.....the donut shop will be closed....every man for himself.....time to get involved.

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WHAT A BUNCH OF (I won't say it Patches, your ears will bleed) BLEEP BLEEP BLEEP LEECHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Come on some of these position haven't had a raise since 2007 that works out to less them 2% a year

And

Minimum wage increases in January perfect time for raises

Rotterdam must have a special program with BMW

Town hall parking lot looks like a new car showroom

Quoted from exit3

2014 sorry not 2024

2024 would be great

Wages frozen it time would be awesome

Ahhhhh!!!  Now it makes more sense.

Quoted from exit3

Come on some of these position haven't had a raise since 2007 that works out to less them 2% a year

And

Minimum wage increases in January perfect time for raises

locked in by contract before consolidation....THEY NEVER GO DOWN....

it wuld take a hero to refuse the raise...especially when these people live he high life....and most are struggling....

but minimum wage went up?????????....you try living on that wage and feeding your family of four......get real

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locked in by contract before consolidation....THEY NEVER GO DOWN....

just how are

the town clerk
rec of taxes
super of highway
attorneys apprentice
and most of the others in the list

locked in  -their paycheck is dictated by the town board.....it could $1 for 1 days work vs $50k for 0 days work.

maybe a list of the discretionary raises above and beyond the percentage as dictated by the union contracts is in order  - by name  - there is a month before election day!

then the EMS staff would know who their friends really are

Still waiting for announcement of:

% increase on the tax LEVY

proposed tax RATE with an announcement of what is the % increase in the rate

Then those of us who ARE taxpayers can calculate the impact on our tax BILLS so we will know what is the true % INCREASE in our taxes

here is your levy  bend over

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now what it should cost

estimated tax rate per $1000 of assessed value
homestead $4.09
non-homestead $6.51

for a $200,000 property listed as homestead  $818.00 / year
for a $200,000 property listed as non-homestead $1302 / year

[quote=496]time for requested increases in PAY for 2024



                                                 dep town clerk 32,500 to 37,225



         There should be TWO dep town clerks.....as was listed when the new regime took over.......


check out the boo boo.....in calculation......

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[quote=496]time for requested increases in PAY for 2024



                                                 dep town clerk 32,500 to 37,225



         There should be TWO dep town clerks.....as was listed when the new regime took over.......


check out the boo boo.....in calculation......

divide the number by 2  -someone is getting a raise

Where does the Highway department stand on the subject of being in compliance with the EPA Audit?????  - is this what all the overtime is for???

what about the new salt pile covering to prevent dangerous runoff during rain and snow storms

Rotterdam budget’s pay raises come under fire
Buffardi’s plan includes higher fees, service cuts

Wednesday, October 2, 2013


By Justin Mason (Contact)
Gazette Reporter  





  

ROTTERDAM — Rotterdam’s preliminary 2014 budget includes a number of pay raises that one Town Board member is criticizing, given the increase in fees and cuts to services also proposed in the spending plan.

Among other salary increases, Supervisor Harry Buffardi’s budget proposal includes a $13,500 raise for his deputy. The budget also includes a marked hike in the contracted salaries for the town’s police chief and his deputy, which were negotiated when the town inked a new contract with the department’s administrative bargaining unit earlier this year.

Police Chief James Hamilton’s projected salary next year is $136,208 — an increase of nearly $12,000. The raise will bring Hamilton’s pay above the salary budgeted next year for the chief of police in the city of Schenectady, which has a force about four times larger than Rotterdam’s.

More modest discretionary raises were afforded to many of the town’s other elected or appointed officials and some of their deputies. Town Comptroller Jacqueline Every would receive a $4,640 boost, while both Highway Superintendent James Longo and Tax Collector Dawn Pasquariello would get an even $5,000 pay hike in the budget.

The town assessor’s salary will be boosted between $4,200 and $70,000, depending on who is appointed to the position. Assessor John Macejka Jr. effectively retired this month and has applied to be reappointed to the position, but he couldn’t collect both his pension and the full salary allotted in the budget.

Town Clerk Diane Marco was given a $5,350 raise in the budget. Lynn Flansburg, her deputy, was given a $4,755 boost.

Town Attorney Kate McGuirl’s salary was increased $5,600. Her office also received a $26,000 line item to hire a part-time paralegal, according to the budget.

In total, Buffardi’s budget calls for $23.2 million in spending, including the general fund, highway fund and all special districts. General fund and highway fund spending totaling about $19.7 million will bring the town’s tax rate to $4.08 per $1,000 of assessed value for residential properties, an increase of 44 cents over last year’s tax rate.

A public hearing on the budget has been scheduled for 7 p.m. Oct. 9.

Board member Robert Godlewski, a persistent critic of the Buffardi administration, blasted the raises at a time when the supervisor is proposing additional charges and fee hikes for many town residents. Buffardi’s budget proposes a $50 annual fee for yard waste pickup and a $50 hike in usage fees in all five of the town’s water districts.

In addition, Buffardi’s budget proposes to eliminate the town’s paramedic service. Last week, he said the savings from losing the paramedics and the added revenue from the fees will be necessary to pay for projected retirement costs the town is facing in the near future.

Godlewski bristled at the suggestion. He blamed Buffardi for doing little to contain the cost of town government, while simultaneously reducing revenues by entering into payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreements with some of the Rotterdam’s largest property owners.

“All I’ve heard from this administration and all the board members is ‘we’ve got to cut costs,’ and then they turn around and hand out these pay increases,” he said. “They’re not walking the walk and they never have.”

Buffardi defended the raises as being long overdue and in line with what some of the town’s contracted employees are receiving. For instance, he said the raises included for the chief and his deputy are in line with the 2 percent annual increases included over five years in the contract recently signed with the Rotterdam Police Benevolent Association.

“Quantitatively it’s the exact same amount of money,” he said.

Buffardi also defended the deputy supervisor’s raise. He said Wayne Calder, who now serves in the capacity, works at Town Hall in excess of 40 hours per week.

Calder will be paid $10,000 this year as his Town Board salary and an additional $1,500 to serve as deputy supervisor and $1,300 to serve as human resource administrator. Buffardi’s budget will pay the deputy he appoints in January $25,000 but will eliminate the human resource administrator stipend.

“To say this can be done part-time at $1,500 per year is patently absurd,” Buffardi said.

source - daily gazette

To give raises as much as the budget calls for ....helps theire reitrement benefits....isn't that what this is all about???...

and how can Calder be on the council, deputy supvr, and serve as human resource administrator???......all this adds up to his retirement...

Human Resource cannot be prejudiced ...it has to be fair and impartial.....can't see that happening....too many cops running this town...

it has become a REGIME.....this government continuously makes decisions only for their own agenda......more fees???....for what.....

have the personnel on Highway and such don't labor as hard as those working the same in private business.....and have all the benefits

that come with it....boy, government is sure showing the people who they represent....THEMSELVES........

WOW.....looks like Puleano is doing a real great job, huh?