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I would just like to add the vote of the Village Board on this Resolution: Trustee Argenio and I supported it and Mayor Coyne and Trustees Edsall and Kane abstained. Considering the budget facts which are mentioned above and an effort to be fiscally conservative, I feel we should support this effort by the Governor and we can. We all know we can no longer continue the spending of the past and I am sorry it did not receive full Board support. Trustee Gosda
posted by Barbara Gosda on 07/19/11 at 9:06 PM
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I would like to respond with the following proposition....
Whereas: Mr. Argenio sprung this proposal on the Board without advance notice,
Whereas: Mrs. Gosda clearly had advance notice of this proposal,
Whereas: Mr. Argenio denied other Trustees the opportunity for research and consideration,
Whereas: non-tax revenues and costs to be considered cannot yet be identified,
Whereas: labor contracts with village employees remain unresolved,
Whereas: this proposal leaves no latitude for emergency needs,
Whereas: Mr. Argenio and Mrs. Gosda were unable to identify the actual dollar limit which this proposition would impose on future Village budgets, and
Whereas: Mr. Argenio stated that he wanted an immediate vote even if it was voted down because it would show the people who on the board would choose to raise their taxes?
Be it resolved: If this was not an immature stunt, then Mr. Argenio and Mrs. Gosda possess such inadequate understanding of their responsibility for public safety, maintenance of services and financial management as to be unqualified for service as Trustees.
posted by David Terwilliger on 07/19/11 at 10:30 PM
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Please stop! We are ONE government (board) voted by the people of COH.
Denise Peters
posted by D P on 07/20/11 at 9:31 AM
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During the 2010 issues with the lawyer's fees Mayor Gross stated 2 -3 different times he was blind-sided by resolutions by the Board without prior notice of what was going on -
One such instance was the removal of the building inspector the SAME meeting that the Board Majority (at the time Edsall, Kane and Vatter) fired the Village Attorney and hired the Tarshis firm-
REMEMBER everyone - that lawyer switch cost the TAXPAYERS well over $100k in 2010. The current legal fees for 2011 are going over $5k/month, with no answer from Mayor Coyne as to why, and he is not openly reporting that to the public
We are not only paying exorbitant legal fees, we are paying unchecked legal fees. I see Trustee Argenio's resolution as a way to keep the government spending in check, rather than the current method of run-away spending. Who is being fiscally irresponsible?"
posted by Melissa Vellone on 07/20/11 at 10:31 AM
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The Village of Cornwall raised taxes less than one percent last year. This included $100,000 put in the contingency fund and no services were cut. Keep in mind we had a brutal snow year and still were under budget for that line item
posted by Andrew Argenio on 07/20/11 at 11:08 AM
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Oh by the way I did say I would reintroduce this next month
posted by Andrew Argenio on 07/20/11 at 11:32 AM
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Unfortunately, since we're continuing the Village tradition of the Shirts against the Skins--a sports metaphor that means Argenio/Gosda versus Coyne/Edsall/Kahn, for those who don't play pickup ball--there's unfortunately no point in bothering with anything that Argenio/Gosda espouse. It's like voting for Ralph Nader: maybe it feels good, but it's pointless.
Too bad, but we now have--and for the past four years or so have had--two entirely separate Village boards: one that matters because they're in the majority and one that is irrelevant because they don't have the votes. Sad.
posted by Stephan Wilkinson on 07/20/11 at 6:47 PM
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