Regardless of whom you vote for, be aware that this is a very important election in Saugerties Village history.
The single largest expense in our Village's budget is the Village Police Department weighing in at $1,400,000.00. Poorly negotiated PBA contacts that have been approved by prior administrations, including the New Vision Party have helped create the proverbial "Elephant in the Room". It seems as though the fox was guarding the hen house, with perks and benefits even Donald Trump would blush at.
Just for example; Saugerties Village Lieutenant Tom Rea and Chief Doc Kimble have been permitted to accrue a combined 500 days (approximately 250 days each) of sick and vacation days at their highest pay rate to date! No wonder why Saugerties Village is in such a fiscal mess. It's time to put an end to this madness. Vote tomorrow March 16, 2010 from 12 NOON to 9:00 PM at Saugerties Village Hall 43 Partition Street.
VOTE "YES" to Proposition No.1 to MERGE Village and Town Police Departments and Row "A" for the Democratic candidates to get the job done!
David Radovanovic
Saugerties Village Democratic Party
(845) 247-0909
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Monday, March 15, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Last minute lies before Tuesday's Village Elections
It's late Sunday morning. As my neighbors' families leave Sunday Mass, there is a small cadre of silver-haired Saugerties Village Police loyalists spreading last minute lies to undermine Tuesday's Elections.
Who would ever dream that two nice old ladies would be out spreading anonymous leaflets making false statements about fellow Villagers? The leaflet they are distributing proclaims "Top 10 Reasons to Keep Your Police Department" listing an unbelievable conspiratorial agenda as if to come right from the mouth of Glenn Beck. The allegations includes diversion of NYS grant monies to build a Taj Mahal for Town Supervisor Helsmoortel and accusations of "Power Hungry" conspirators whose plan is to subvert the will of Saugerties Villagers and take over our local government.
The real "reality check" isn't as exciting as this anonymous leaflet. Of all the "behind-closed-doors" accusations that have ever been flung at Saugerties' legislators, the two and a half year process to merge Village and Town Police Departments has been the most transparent I've ever witnessed. The real FACTS are all contained in a detailed $30,000.00 tax-payer funded study performed by Fairweather Consultants on New Paltz, New York. The numbers don't lie and it reads like a huge tax savings for Village property owners.
If only all legislative acts of Saugerties Village government were as open to the public as this one was! The lesson that one should take away from this lame attempt to persuade Villagers, is to VOTE "YES" to Prop. 1 at March 16, 2010 Saugerties Village Elections.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Eligibility for election or appointment to office in New York
§ 3-300 Eligibility for election or appointment to, and continuance in
office. 1. In addition to any other legal requirements or prohibitions,
no person shall be eligible to be elected or appointed as mayor, trustee
or member of any board or commission, and, no person, if elected or
appointed to such office, shall be eligible to continue to serve
therein, who is not a citizen of the United States of America, at least
eighteen years of age, and a resident of the village.
2. No person shall be eligible to be appointed to or to hold any other
village office who: is not a citizen of the United States; is not at
least eighteen years of age; except as may otherwise be provided by law,
is not a village resident; and, if eligibility to or holding of such
office is subject to regulation under the civil service law or any other
law, does not meet the requirements of such law or laws. Notwithstanding
any other provisions of law to the contrary; (a) the board of trustees
of a village may provide, in lieu of any other residency requirement
imposed by law, that any appointed village officer may reside within a
county in which the village is wholly or partially situated, (b) the
board of trustees of a village with a population of less than three
thousand may provide, in lieu of any other residency requirement imposed
by law, that the village justice may reside within a county in which the
village is wholly or partially situate.
3. No person shall simultaneously hold an elective and an appointive
village office except that: not more than two members of the board of
trustees may be members of each board and commission; members of the
board of trustees may be single commissioners in charge of village
departments except as provided in the zoning article in this chapter.
4. Except as is otherwise provided by law, no person shall be
disqualified from holding a village office by reason of holding any
public office unless such public officer could not fully discharge the
duties and obligations of the village office while carrying out the
duties and obligations of any such other office.
* 5. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other
general law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of
trustees of the incorporated village of Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester
county, may, by resolution, provide that the village clerk of the
village of Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester county, need not be a resident
of said village but must be a resident of New York state.
* NB (Expired first Monday of the month following general village
election, 1980)
6. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other general
law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of trustees
of the incorporated village of New Square, Rockland county, may, by
resolution, provide that the village justice of the village of New
Square, Rockland county, need not be a resident of said village but must
be a resident of New York state.
7. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other general
law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of trustees
of the incorporated village of Russell Gardens, Nassau county, may, by
resolution, provide that the village clerk and deputy clerk of the
village of Russell Gardens, Nassau county, need not be a resident of
said village, but must be a resident of New York state.
8. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other general
law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of trustees
of the incorporated village of New Paltz, Ulster county, may, by
resolution, provide that the village clerk-treasurer and deputy
clerk-treasurer of the village of New Paltz, Ulster county, need not be
a resident of said village, but must be a resident of New York state.
9. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other general
law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of trustees
of the incorporated village of West Haverstraw, Rockland county, may, by
resolution, provide that the village clerk, village justice and the
village treasurer of such village, need not be residents of said
village, but must be residents of New York state.
10. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other
general law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of
trustees of the incorporated village of Saltaire, Suffolk county, may,
by resolution, provide that any appointed village officer of the village
of Saltaire, Suffolk county, need not be a resident of said village, but
must be a resident of New York state.
11. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other
general law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of
trustees of the incorporated village of Penn Yan, Yates county, may, by
resolution, provide that the office of justice court clerk of such
village may be held by a person who is not a resident of such village,
provided that such person resides in the county of Yates or a county
which adjoins the county of Yates.
12. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other
general law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of
trustees of the incorporated village of Arkport, Steuben county, may, by
resolution, provide that the office of clerk/treasurer of such village
may be held by a person who is not a resident of such village, provided
that such person resides in the county of Steuben or a county which
adjoins the county of Steuben.
13. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other
general law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of
trustees of the incorporated village of Goshen, Orange county, may, by
resolution, provide that the office of treasurer of such village may be
held by a person who is not a resident of such village, provided that
such person resides within the county in which such village is located
or in an adjoining county within the state of New York.
14. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other
general law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of
trustees of the incorporated village of Aurora, Cayuga county, may, by
resolution, provide that the office of treasurer of such village may be
held by a person who is not a resident of such village, provided that
such person resides within the county in which such village is located
or in an adjoining county within the state of New York.
15. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other
general law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of
trustees of the incorporated village of Islandia, Suffolk county, may,
by resolution, provide that the office of village justice of such
village may be held by a person who is not a resident of such village,
provided that such person resides within the county in which such
village is located or in an adjoining county within the state of New
York.
16. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other
general law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of
trustees of the incorporated village of Trumansburg, Tompkins county,
may, by resolution, provide that the village clerk-treasurer and deputy
clerk of the village of Trumansburg, Tompkins county, need not be a
resident of said village, but must be a resident of New York state,
provided that such person resides in the county of Tompkins or in a
county which adjoins the county of Tompkins.
* 17. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other
general law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of
trustees of the incorporated village of Honeoye Falls, Monroe county,
may, by resolution, provide that the code enforcement officer and
building inspector of the village of Honeoye Falls, Monroe county, need
not be a resident of such village, but must be a resident of New York
state, provided that such person resides in the county of Monroe or in a
county which adjoins the county of Monroe.
* NB There are 2 sb 17's
* 17. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other
general law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of
trustees of the incorporated village of Deposit, Broome and Delaware
counties, may, by resolution, provide that the village clerk-treasurer,
deputy clerk-treasurer and court clerk of the village of Deposit, Broome
and Delaware counties, need not be a resident of said village, but must
be a resident of one of the counties in which such village is located or
in an adjoining county within the state of New York.
* NB There are 2 sb 17's
office. 1. In addition to any other legal requirements or prohibitions,
no person shall be eligible to be elected or appointed as mayor, trustee
or member of any board or commission, and, no person, if elected or
appointed to such office, shall be eligible to continue to serve
therein, who is not a citizen of the United States of America, at least
eighteen years of age, and a resident of the village.
2. No person shall be eligible to be appointed to or to hold any other
village office who: is not a citizen of the United States; is not at
least eighteen years of age; except as may otherwise be provided by law,
is not a village resident; and, if eligibility to or holding of such
office is subject to regulation under the civil service law or any other
law, does not meet the requirements of such law or laws. Notwithstanding
any other provisions of law to the contrary; (a) the board of trustees
of a village may provide, in lieu of any other residency requirement
imposed by law, that any appointed village officer may reside within a
county in which the village is wholly or partially situated, (b) the
board of trustees of a village with a population of less than three
thousand may provide, in lieu of any other residency requirement imposed
by law, that the village justice may reside within a county in which the
village is wholly or partially situate.
3. No person shall simultaneously hold an elective and an appointive
village office except that: not more than two members of the board of
trustees may be members of each board and commission; members of the
board of trustees may be single commissioners in charge of village
departments except as provided in the zoning article in this chapter.
4. Except as is otherwise provided by law, no person shall be
disqualified from holding a village office by reason of holding any
public office unless such public officer could not fully discharge the
duties and obligations of the village office while carrying out the
duties and obligations of any such other office.
* 5. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other
general law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of
trustees of the incorporated village of Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester
county, may, by resolution, provide that the village clerk of the
village of Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester county, need not be a resident
of said village but must be a resident of New York state.
* NB (Expired first Monday of the month following general village
election, 1980)
6. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other general
law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of trustees
of the incorporated village of New Square, Rockland county, may, by
resolution, provide that the village justice of the village of New
Square, Rockland county, need not be a resident of said village but must
be a resident of New York state.
7. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other general
law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of trustees
of the incorporated village of Russell Gardens, Nassau county, may, by
resolution, provide that the village clerk and deputy clerk of the
village of Russell Gardens, Nassau county, need not be a resident of
said village, but must be a resident of New York state.
8. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other general
law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of trustees
of the incorporated village of New Paltz, Ulster county, may, by
resolution, provide that the village clerk-treasurer and deputy
clerk-treasurer of the village of New Paltz, Ulster county, need not be
a resident of said village, but must be a resident of New York state.
9. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other general
law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of trustees
of the incorporated village of West Haverstraw, Rockland county, may, by
resolution, provide that the village clerk, village justice and the
village treasurer of such village, need not be residents of said
village, but must be residents of New York state.
10. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other
general law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of
trustees of the incorporated village of Saltaire, Suffolk county, may,
by resolution, provide that any appointed village officer of the village
of Saltaire, Suffolk county, need not be a resident of said village, but
must be a resident of New York state.
11. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other
general law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of
trustees of the incorporated village of Penn Yan, Yates county, may, by
resolution, provide that the office of justice court clerk of such
village may be held by a person who is not a resident of such village,
provided that such person resides in the county of Yates or a county
which adjoins the county of Yates.
12. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other
general law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of
trustees of the incorporated village of Arkport, Steuben county, may, by
resolution, provide that the office of clerk/treasurer of such village
may be held by a person who is not a resident of such village, provided
that such person resides in the county of Steuben or a county which
adjoins the county of Steuben.
13. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other
general law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of
trustees of the incorporated village of Goshen, Orange county, may, by
resolution, provide that the office of treasurer of such village may be
held by a person who is not a resident of such village, provided that
such person resides within the county in which such village is located
or in an adjoining county within the state of New York.
14. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other
general law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of
trustees of the incorporated village of Aurora, Cayuga county, may, by
resolution, provide that the office of treasurer of such village may be
held by a person who is not a resident of such village, provided that
such person resides within the county in which such village is located
or in an adjoining county within the state of New York.
15. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other
general law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of
trustees of the incorporated village of Islandia, Suffolk county, may,
by resolution, provide that the office of village justice of such
village may be held by a person who is not a resident of such village,
provided that such person resides within the county in which such
village is located or in an adjoining county within the state of New
York.
16. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other
general law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of
trustees of the incorporated village of Trumansburg, Tompkins county,
may, by resolution, provide that the village clerk-treasurer and deputy
clerk of the village of Trumansburg, Tompkins county, need not be a
resident of said village, but must be a resident of New York state,
provided that such person resides in the county of Tompkins or in a
county which adjoins the county of Tompkins.
* 17. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other
general law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of
trustees of the incorporated village of Honeoye Falls, Monroe county,
may, by resolution, provide that the code enforcement officer and
building inspector of the village of Honeoye Falls, Monroe county, need
not be a resident of such village, but must be a resident of New York
state, provided that such person resides in the county of Monroe or in a
county which adjoins the county of Monroe.
* NB There are 2 sb 17's
* 17. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other
general law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of
trustees of the incorporated village of Deposit, Broome and Delaware
counties, may, by resolution, provide that the village clerk-treasurer,
deputy clerk-treasurer and court clerk of the village of Deposit, Broome
and Delaware counties, need not be a resident of said village, but must
be a resident of one of the counties in which such village is located or
in an adjoining county within the state of New York.
* NB There are 2 sb 17's
Friday, February 27, 2009
Saugerties Village Elections
Vote Wednesday, March 18th at 43 Partition Street in the Saugerties Village Hall from 12 Noon to 9:00PM.
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