Salute to the Flag (7:00)

2017 Preliminary Budget Presentation and Public Hearing (7:05)

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 (7:30)

Committee Reports (7:40)

Discussion and agenda items for Town Business Meeting (8:00)

Discussion of Preliminary Budget (8:30)

Adjourn

Please take notice that on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at 7:00 p.m., the Caroline Town Board will hold a public hearing to hear any and all comments regarding the 2017 Preliminary Town Budget. This hearing will occur immediately before the Town Board’s monthly agenda meeting at the Historic Caroline Town Hall, 2670 Slaterville Rd., Slaterville Springs. Copies of the Preliminary Budget can be viewed on line at (this link or www.townofcaroline.org) or at the Town Clerk’s office during regular office hours: Monday and Tuesday 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.; Wednesday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m; Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m

Pursuant to section 113 of Town Law, the proposed salaries for the Town’s elected officials are as follows:
Town Supervisor: $18,216; 
Town Board (4): $9,004 ($2251 each);
Highway Superintendent: $62,217;
Town Justice (2): $22,369 ($11,184.50 each);
Town Clerk: $32,487
 
Marilou Harrington-Lawson, CMC
Caroline Town Clerk
10/20/2016

​The 2017 Tentative Budget for the Town of Caroline; town, lighting district and fire protection district is available for review from the Town Clerk or please see attached here.

The Town will hold its second and third budget workshops on October 23rd at 9 AM and October 24th at 6 PM at the Town Hall. The Public hearing on the Preliminary Budget will be held on November 1st at 7 PM at the Town Hall. Official announcement will follow our third budget workshop.

The 2017 Tentative Budget for the Town of Caroline, town lighting district, and town fire protection district is available for review from the Town Clerk or please see attached here.
 
The Town will hold a budget workshop on Wednesday, October 19th, at 7 PM at the Town Hall.
 
Addendum: Public Official’s salaries will be published, as required by law, in the local newspaper (the Ithaca Journal), as determined by the Town Board at the October 19th Tentative Budget meeting. The salaries will also be posted at the Town clerk’s office and sent out with the Public Hearing Notice on the town’s website and list-serve.

Do YOU have three hours a month to be a force to support local youth in building important life and job skills?  

Please consider contributing your talents to the Joint Youth Commission.  The JYC has openings for representatives from the Towns of Ithaca and Caroline and Villages of Lansing and Cayuga Heights.  The Joint Youth Commission evaluates youth needs and makes funding recommendations to the JYC municipalities for programs to meet these needs.   Programs are provided by trained professionals employed by local agencies who report regularly to the JYC.  In 2015, 290 youth were served in JYC programs.  

The JYC focuses on middle school and high school age youth and has two broad priorities for its programs:  
•    First Time Employment, Employment Training, Career Exploration, Apprenticeships
•    Youth Development, Life and Social Skills, Healthy Lifestyles and Decision Making

Applicants for our current vacancies must reside in either the Town of Ithaca, Town or Caroline, Village of Cayuga Heights, or Village of Lansing.   Parents who have youth of middle or high school ages have historically been a good fit for this opportunity but we welcome any interested resident.

Meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 PM at Ithaca Town Hall.

Please email Kris Bennett (kmbennett@tompkins-co.org) or Karyn Scott (irisjumper@yahoo.com) for more information.  We invite you to attend one of our meetings to check out whether this important volunteer opportunity is for you.

POSTER

2016 CAROLINE RESIDENT SURVEY RESULTS

Dear Caroline Residents,

The Caroline Planning Board is holding a Public Meeting on Thursday, October 27th at the Brooktondale Community Center from 7 PM to 9 PM.   We will be presenting the 2016 Caroline Resident Survey Results.

The Planning Board developed the survey to seek ideas and opinions from Town residents regarding the Town’s Comprehensive Plan Update in order to reflect your vision of the future of the Town of Caroline. 
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There will be a brief presentation of how the survey was designed, what type of information we were trying to gather and, finally, to get direct comments of residents in their own words of what they find to be of greatest importance to them.  A short slide presentation of the analyzed results will follow.  Finally, you will get to see the comments we received on each of the 11 areas of the survey, how we compiled them and what the results mean.  Planning Board members will be available to answer your questions.  We invite your comments and your help drafting the new plan in the coming months.  Light refreshments will be served.  

Thank you,
The Town of Caroline Planning Board

Got pills?
[POSTER PDF]
 
Supervised collection of
household medications:
 
Prescription drugs including
• Controlled substances
• Pills
• Powders
• Liquids (tightly capped)
• Inhalers
• Unopened Epi-pens
Non-prescription drugs
Pet medicines
 
We are NOT able to accept:
• Mercury thermometers,
mercurochrome, or other
mercury products
• Medical sharps, supplies or
equipment
• Meds. from health care
facilities
• Hazardous waste
 
WHERE?
Slaterville Fire Station, 2681 Slaterville Rd.,
Slaterville Springs
Medication Disposal Event
 
WHEN?
SATURDAY, OCT. 22
10 a.m. — 2 p.m.
No appointment necessary
FREE &
CONFIDENTIAL
For more information call:
2-1-1 or visit:
www.healthyyouth.org
Organized by the Coalition for Safe
Medication Disposal

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​​Thanks to:
-Tompkins County Sheriff
-Community Volunteers
-Slaterville Volunteer Fire Company
 
Permanent drop boxes available at:
Visit www.healthyyouth.org or call 2-1-1 for schedules and details.
Tompkins County Sheriff, Ithaca Dryden Police Dept., Dryden
Ithaca Police Dept., Ithaca TC3 Police Dept., Dryden
Tompkins County Probation Dept., Ithaca Groton Police Dept., Groton
Cornell Police Dept., Ithaca Trumansburg Police Dept., Trumansburg
Cayuga Heights Police Dept., Cayuga Heights

Salute to the Flag (7:00)

Public Hearing: Local Law to Override the Property Tax Cap (7:05)

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

2017 Tentative Budget introduced (7:20)

Committee Reports (7:40)

Resolution to authorize Highway Superintendent to sign the Intermunicipal Shared-services Agreement with Tompkins County. (8:10)

Discussion and agenda items for Town Business Meeting (8:15)

Initial budget discussion (8:30)
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Adjourn