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Local Government Budgets – By H. Wessell
TOWN OF STILLWATER, November 20 - The Town of Stillwater like all New York towns is supposed to approve its Preliminary Budget for the new year on or before November 20. Following Thursday's Town Board business meeting, Supervisor Edward Kinowski mused with this writer: Yes, the Town does have a budget in place, in one way... but it doesn't, in another,and rather roundabout way. "Normally by Nov. 20," explained the Supervisor, "We are ready to do that." But due to what he called "a little bit of a nuance that occurred three days before," the Town did not yet pass its budget by a vote. But in the aforementioned roundabout way, the Town still DOES have a Final Budget in place, as of that night.
Read the entire article in the Nov. 27th issue of the Express.
The Express Newspaper – November 27, 2014
Saratoga County Board Updates – By H. Wessell
BALLSTON SPA. November - The following agenda items anticipating passage at the County Board of Supervisors November business, November 18, include a new substation of the Sheriff's Department. - Authorizing a lease of space negotiated by the Town of Wilton and the Wilton Mall, for a 920-square foot Sheriff's Department substation, for five years with an option of renewal for five. (He quipped, "The rent, good job Sheriff, is a dollar a year, so we're happy with that.")
Read the entire article in the Nov. 20th issue of the Express.
The Express Newspaper – November 20, 2014
Town of Stillwater Budget Summarized – By Harold Wessell
TOWN OF STILLWATER, November 6 - A public hearing available on the 2015 Stillwater Town Budget drew few residents.The $7,427,254 spending plan has been available through the Town Clerk. It is scheduled for an\
adoption vote on November 20.
Read the entire article in the Nov. 13 issue of the Express
The Express Newspaper – November 13, 2014
The Express Newspaper – November 6, 2014
Stillwater and Other Schools Turn to Lobbyist – by H. Wessell
STILLWATER, October 21-Faced with a pattern of the State of New York giving less and less to smaller school districts that already have less and less, Stillwater Central School Superintendent Dr. Stanley Maziejka and a North Country Superintendent have taken the lead in a new tactic. Banding together with more and more schools in the 31-school district served by the area BOCES, they are ready to do what everybody else looking for more money from Albany does , enlisting their own lobbyist.
Read the entire article in the Oct. 30th issue of the Express.