Caroline is a small town with a unique character and strong sense of community. It's a town where people care about others, where community events are a big part of community life. We're located just southeast of the Town of Ithaca. The area is made up of beautiful rolling hills, farms, and several small communities. The Town of Caroline is home to more State forest land than any other town in Tompkins County.
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Board Meeting Agenda for Dec 10th 2013
Salute to the Flag (7:00)
Privilege of the Floor: Opportunity for citizens to bring forward matters of concern
Please be prepared to make one statement not to exceed 3 minutes in length
Highway Superintendents Report (7:30)
Supervisors Report (7:35)
County Representatives Report (7:40)
Department, Committee, & Liaison Reports (7:50)
Discussion and Action Topics
- Transfers (8:00)
- Approve Abstracts: Highway, General, Lighting (8:05)
- Approval of Minutes from November 12th business meetings (8:15)
- Resolution to Adopt Alternation of Fire Protection District Boundary (8:20)
- Discussion of Introducing Site Plan Review Local Law to the Community
- Resolution to Engage the services of Steven Winkley for technical support to Aquifer Protection Committee(8:25)
- Resolution to accept Brightworks system upgrade proposal (8:45)
- Resolution to establish date for year-end meeting to pay bills (8:55)
- Resolution to establish the 2014 Organization meeting
- Resolution to establish Town Hall Roof Reserve
- Establish process for filling one vacancy on each of Town, Planning, and Subdivision Review Board’s
—-Adjourn—-
Related documents resolutions:
RESOLUTION TO PARTICIPATE IN NEW YORK RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION_S SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM.pdf
RESOLUTION FOR COMPUTER NETWORK UPGRADES.pdf
Roof Reserve.pdf
2014 Budget
At the Nov 12th 2013 board meeting the Town Board adopted budgets for the Town, Lighting District and Caroline Fire Protection District. The tax levy for the Town budget is $1.33 million which is 4% greater than in 2013. This necessitated an override of the tax cap limit of 3%.
Tight budgets of the past have stopped any increase in rainy day funds, so the Town Board decided to use $54,000 less of savings in 2014 to offset the tax levy than was used in 2013 while maintaining services.
The adopted budget has a tax rate of $6.23/ $1000 of taxable assessment. This is an increase 0.4% over last year. For the average property valued at $130,000, the tax burden will increase $3.22 to $810
The final version of the 2014 Budget may be downloaded HERE as a PDF file. This may load slowly due to 8MB file size.
Board Meeting Agenda for Nov 12th 2013
Salute to the Flag (7:00)
Privilege of the Floor: Opportunity for citizens to bring forward matters of concern
Please be prepared to make one statement not to exceed 3 minutes in length
Highway Superintendents Report (7:30)
Supervisors Report (7:35)
County Representatives Report (7:40)
Department, Committee, & Liaison Reports (7:50)
Discussion and Action Topics
- Transfers (8:00)
- Approve Abstracts: Highway, General, Lighting (8:05)
- Approval of Minutes from October business meetings (8:15)
- Resolution to Establish Public Hearing Date for Alternation of Fire District Boundaries (8:20)
- Discussion of Dog Licensing Fee schedule
- Resolution to Adopt 2014 Town, Fire Protection, and Lighting District budgets (8:25)
- Discussion of Engineering Fee for Stream Stabilization Design at 600 Road (8:45)
- Discussion of Engineering Review Support for Anticipated Broad band Infrastructure Application (8:55)
—-Adjourn—-
Public Hearing on Preliminary Budget Nov 7th
After consideration of the comments at the October 14th public hearing on the proposed Local Law to override the property tax cap, on October 29th, the Town Board voted to adopt this local law and consider a budget with a property tax cap override.
The Board then developed the Preliminary budget for 2014 which met the mandated spending cost increases (health insurance, pensions, and existing contracts), decreased spending for Highway department by $45,000, provided a 2% salary increase for Town staff, and maintained funding levels from 2013 for all other programs.
If adopted, this budget will result in a 1.49% increase in the tax rate over last year.
The average Town property, valued at $130,000, will experience a $12.35 increase over their 2013 tax payment.
View the 2014 Preliminary Budget. (PDF) 11/5/13
On November 7th at 7pm, the Town Board will hold a public hearing on the preliminary budget. Members of the public are invited to address the board with their comments, not to exceed 3 minutes in length.
Updated version of 2014 Preliminary Budget posted Friday Nov 08 2013 (PDF)
Alternatively, you may send your comments to the Town Clerk at
clerk@townofcaroline.org
or
PO Box 136
Slaterville Springs, NY 14881
Emergency Preparedness Educational Forum Oct 10
| October 10, 2013 |
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Two years ago it was Tropical Storm Lee…. where the Town of Caroline suffered over a half million dollars in damages
Last year it was Super-Storm Sandy…. where we dodged a bullet
This year, we’ve already had road closings because of flooding….
WHAT DOES EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MEAN FOR THE TOWN OF CAROLINE?
How can the Town be prepared when disaster hits?
How can each of us, as individuals be prepared?
JOIN US for an Educational Presentation on THURSDAY OCT 10th, 7pm – 9pm at the Brooktondale Fire Hall on Valley Rd
Learn what Emergency Preparedness means at a community level, and about the work of the newly formed Emergency Preparedness committee
Learn about Flooding in the Town of Caroline – what areas are most vulnerable? how can you prepare your home to minimize damage? What about flood insurance? What should you do if flooding occurs?
We’ll have brief presentations followed by discussion and exhibits – including maps of flood prone areas, personal emergency preparedness kits and other helpful items.
