SCHENECTADY — The City Council will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2012 budget tonight at 7 p.m. at City Hall. The proposed budget is $79.2 million, up from $77.4 million this year. The estimated tax rate is $13.33 per $1,000 of assessed property, which translates to a 1.89 percent tax increase. Property owners would also see increases in garbage, sewer and water fees. For a homeowner with the average house, assessed at $100,000, taxes would go up $24, to $1,333. Most owners would also pay $24 more for garbage collection, $22.92 for sewer and $20.64 for water. That means the average homeowner would see a total increase of $91.56 next year. The budget calls for several new revenue-generating policies. Among them: police would start fi ning property owners for noise, begin inspecting trucks regularly on city roads and charge a small fee for medical calls to discourage frivolous requests for a paramedic.
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
Kinda ironic that the City wants to charge a fee for frivolous calls to paramedics just days after a man with a gunshot wound tried to drive himself to Ellis.
Guess the definition of 'frivolous' would be helpful...for some.
They CAN'T CUT AN F'EN THING!!!!! their families would starve......to collect those fees requires MAN POWER....and manpower wasted and OVERTIME galore......it's SOOOOOOOOOOOO GUMBA GANGSTA
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
The budget calls for several new revenue-generating policies
SINCE WHEN IS IT THE GOVERNMENT'S JOB TO FIND REVENUE as it's priority?
how about an F'EN hair cut?
YES! Like CUT CUT CUT the property tax exemptions for the millionaires & politically connected downtown., Make them pay their FULL share.
FUnny, the big cheerleader for increasing taxes just cannot, has NEVER explained HOW homeonwers are supposed to continue to afford to pay for the taxes on the millinoiares. Of course, for the cheerleader to move to and live in the city, cheerleader wouldn't touch the city with a 10 foot pole
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
Kinda ironic that the City wants to charge a fee for frivolous calls to paramedics just days after a man with a gunshot wound tried to drive himself to Ellis.
Guess the definition of 'frivolous' would be helpful...for some.
I disagree with you on this- the underclass abuses the paramedic and ambulance service because they are dumb, ignorant, selfish and lazy, They call for a scratch, a sniffly nose or a headache, so as not to be bothered to buy basic first aid supplies that a normal human of the middle class would have handy. Each time our paramedics respond for this crap it costs hundreds and thousands of taxpayer dollars. Frankly I am shocked the democraps will institute this, however they won't actually enforce or collect it from the lowlifes like they should.
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
I disagree with you on this- the underclass abuses the paramedic and ambulance service because they are dumb, ignorant, selfish and lazy, They call for a scratch, a sniffly nose or a headache, so as not to be bothered to buy basic first aid supplies that a normal human of the middle class would have handy. Each time our paramedics respond for this crap it costs hundreds and thousands of taxpayer dollars. Frankly I am shocked the democraps will institute this, however they won't actually enforce or collect it from the lowlifes like they should.
No, I wasn't being serious - just thought it was insane that 2 days after a gunshot victim tries to DRIVE himself to the hospital we're talking about this. It's equally insane how people will use an ambulance as their own personal taxis to and from Ellis....on a regular basis. Happens all the time. Same people, same abuse.
I disagree with you on this- the underclass abuses the paramedic and ambulance service because they are dumb, ignorant, selfish and lazy, They call for a scratch, a sniffly nose or a headache, so as not to be bothered to buy basic first aid supplies that a normal human of the middle class would have handy. Each time our paramedics respond for this crap it costs hundreds and thousands of taxpayer dollars. Frankly I am shocked the democraps will institute this, however they won't actually enforce or collect it from the lowlifes like they should.
THIS is the crap leadership fails at.....because they wouldn't be caught dead living near them/with them,,,,as neither would Tonko....but they 'let them eat cake'......the only truths are the money trails from one gumba to another.....Soros likes to play 'jesus' as do the gumbas.....I'm all for assist but the abuse of the 'assist' at the podium puck is a DIRTY ROTTEN SHAME...
pull out the pensions from the public schools and public workers unions......go ahead...I dare the leadership to......
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
YES! Like CUT CUT CUT the property tax exemptions for the millionaires & politically connected downtown., Make them pay their FULL share.
What cuts? What shootings? What pit bulls? End corporate welfare to his rich contributors. That's not something Wally would approve. No one liked McCarthy's idiotic 7% City tax/fee increase and his adding $2 million to the bloated City budget. Give out more awards- lol.
SCHENECTADY City budget plan nearly done Taxes, fees still bother citizens; some support BY KATHLEEN MOORE Gazette Reporter
Even the City Council’s usual critics did not muster much anger at Tuesday’s budget hearing. There was no shouting. No shaking of fists. One critic said the budget was simply “a disappointment” and “unremarkable.” Only five people spoke. Resident Harry Brand offered the only moment of passion about the proposed $79.2 million budget, which raises taxes by just 1.89 percent — $24 for the average homeowner — but raises fees by $68. “Get that budget and the fees down to zero,” Brand pleaded. “If you people can’t get the message that our seniors and the people in this city are hurting, I don’t know what it’s going to take.” He predicted that the city would have to start offering meals to seniors if the budget’s fees are approved. Instead, he said, the council should tell every employee that they can’t have any perks, including cell phones and taking city cars home. “I was in supervision. I was called in on emergencies. No vehicle provided,” he said. “If they don’t like it, find someplace else to work, simple as that.” Resident Mary McClaine also offered a laundry list of possible cuts, starting by selling the entire city vehicle fleet. It wasn’t clear how police would patrol or the city would plow the streets, but she said the savings in fuel would be tremendous. Resident Vince Riggi, who is running for council on the Alliance and Republican lines, told the council to reconsider the body shop, which has a budget of $145,200. This is the shop’s first year, and it brought in $178,000. That was enough to more than cover the two employees’ salaries and benefi ts — about $150,000 — or the shop’s budget, which doesn’t include benefits but does include salaries, materials and supplies. Riggi questioned whether the city was actually making money on the shop, saying that he doubted the city was keeping track of all materials and the high cost of baking paint on newly-sandblasted trucks. Mayoral candidate Roger Hull was not at the hearing because he was visiting his mother. But by phone, he also questioned the body shop costs. “How can you say you make money when you don’t factor in the cost of construction and the interest on that borrowing?” he said. ......................>>>>.........................>>>>..................................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01101&AppName=1
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What cuts? What shootings? What pit bulls? End corporate welfare to his rich contributors. That's not something Wally would approve. No one liked McCarthy's idiotic 7% City tax/fee increase and his adding $2 million to the bloated City budget. Give out more awards- lol. 
