| Okay folks, now that all the 2015 property tax bills are out, let's | ||||||
| take a look at how much it cost to live here in Brookfield. | ||||||
| Below is a breakdown of the cost per $1,000 of assessed value | ||||||
| to live in Brookfield. | ||||||
| Based on the 2015 tax bills, property owners in Brookfield will | ||||||
| pay $31.43 for every ONE THOUSAND Dollars of Assessed Value. | ||||||
| 2015 PROPERTY TAX | ||||||
| TAX LEVY (2015) | ANNUAL | MONTHLY | ||||
| $50,000 assessed value | $ 1,572 | $ 131 | ||||
| $100,000 assessed value | $ 3,143 | $ 262 | ||||
| 2015 | ||||||
| Rate | ||||||
| TAX LEVY (2015) | $/$1000 | Increase | ||||
| SCHOOL - BCS | $ 16.11 | 9.50% | ||||
| COUNTY - Madison | $ 7.89 | 8.40% | ||||
| TOWN - Brookfield | $ 6.47 | 1.40% | ||||
| FIRE - Brookfield | $ 0.96 | |||||
| $ 31.43 | ||||||
Monday, January 5, 2015
BROOKFIELD 2015 PROPERTY TAXES = $31.43 per $1,000
CEO Changes Coming to Chobani
According to today’s NY Post, the founder of Chobani yogurt,Hamdi Ulukaya, is being replaced as CEO and may even be
stripped of his chairman role as the company scrambles to reverse financial wreckage associated with the 2013
recall. Insiders pin most of the blame on the Idaho factory,
built by Ulukaya at a cost of $450 million, was responsible for
the costly recall and only operating at 20 percent of capacity in 2013. See full story at today’s NY Post…http://nypost.com/2015/01/05/chobani-ceo-being-replaced-may-be-stripped-of-chairman-role/
Are School Superintendents worth their COST?
Thursday, December 18, 2014
YES, there is a Santa Claus...and his name is Andrew Cuomo!!!
And a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS it will be!
Thank you Santa Cuomo! Bet the Brookfield Town Board feels a sigh of relief!
And a special THANK YOU to Larry Krauss for an OUTSTANDING ad in this week's
WATERVILLE TIMES!
ALBANY — The Cuomo administration announced Wednesday that it would ban
hydraulic fracturing in New York State, ending years of uncertainty by
concluding that the controversial method of extracting gas from deep underground
could contaminate the state’s air and water and pose inestimable public-health
risks.
Monday, December 15, 2014
BROOKFIELD TOWN BOARD MEETING - Dec 8 Regular Meeting....
The DECEMBER 8, 2014 REGULAR MEETING of the BROOKFIELD TOWN BOARD covered a number of issues. Below are some of the "selected highlights" ....please refer to Waterville Times for more coverage and details....
PART 1: “THE BAN” & "RULES OF CONDUCT"– DEMOCRACY IN BROOKFIELD – DOA
BOARD STOPS COMMUNITY EFFORT TO BAN
HYDROFRACKING IN THE TOWN OF BROOKFIELD: A Ban against Hydrofracking in the
Town of Brookfield has been a topic of heated discussions among the Board and
the Community. Finally, after YEARS of discussions, moratoriums and
promises, a Town wide
straw poll was taken during this past November’s general elections. By an
overwhelming margin of 3:1, TOWN residents voted AGAINST
HYDROFRACKING in the Town of Brookfield.
YET, Three BOARD MEMBERS VOTED AGAINST moving forward to institute a BAN ON
HYDROFRACKING: Jeff
Mayne, Joe Walker &
Dewitt Head. While clear that Walker
& Head will never vote to support a ban (Walker has a lease; Head says
neither he nor his family has a lease); perhaps most disappointing was
Mayne’s “NO” vote
because “he didn’t know
enough” about the topic.
Opponents of the Ban claim it
is a form of “land use regulations” and therefore violates their
private rights to do anything they want with their property; the welfare of neighbors and
the Community are not their responsibility. They see zoning and land use
regulations as a form of control by the liberal “mobs” to bring creeping
communism to Brookfield. Ironically, many of these PRIVATE
PROPERTY RIGHTS advocates are among the largest benefactors of land use in the
form of AGRICULTURE DISTRICTS.
Despite Salka’s efforts
to rush past the subject (allowing less than TWO
MINUTES of Board time to the subject) the “Public
Comment” period re-opened THAT CAN
OF WORMS -- requesting a poll of the Board --- something the Supervisor was
UNWILLING to do.
After the results and excuses given, the
Board received from the audience an overwhelming message of disappointment ,
frustration and disgust with the outcome. No wonder Salka had the new RULES OF DECORUM for the Public to conduct itself during
Board meetings.
RESPECT is EARNED -- a four page list of
rules for the public isn’t going to do it. Several requests for copies of the
NEW RULES & POSTING ON TOWN WEBSITE were DENIED BY SALKA until AFTER they
are APPROVED ! If we want to see them, he has directed the TOWN CLERK to send
us to the TOWN OF DERUYTER WEBSITE.... so here you go.....talk about political
cowardice. ! Go to DERUYTER WEBSITE to see them: http://www.deruyternygov.us/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/rulesfordecorum.pdf
SUGGESTION: we have started a list of RULES OF
DECORUM for THE BOARD!!! and already received NUMEROUS
SUGGESTIONS!!!
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
TOWN BOARD - Outrageous Contempt for Public
The December
8 board meeting was another display of a Town Board with no leadership or
direction and rife with contempt for the Public. Rather than addressing issues most important
to this community they clearly demonstrated that they are a Board “deaf” to the
community and its needs. To add insult
to injury the Town Board not only REFUSED to consider a Ban on Hydrofracking ,
Supervisor Salka had the unmitigated
gall to present a four page list of rules for conducting future meetings. The objective is to clearly point out that
the PUBLIC is there only to “OBSERVE” –
if you have something to say, that is what a PUBLIC MEETING is for. So, basically, Salka and his Board advocates
a “SIT DOWN & SHUT UP” attitude toward the public.
I will follow
up with notes on the meeting, but this display of contempt for the public is an
outrageous act against the community. Respect is EARNED.
Monday, November 24, 2014
MADISON CO SUPERVISORS' 2015 Salaries - with their 16% INCREASE
MADISON COUNTY 2015 Budget - SUPERVISOR SALARIES = Salary + Insurance + Retirement ....this does NOT include their TOWN Salaries, which each Town pays separately....and they DESERVED a 16% increase...they don't even get taxed on the health insurance....Salka receives another $5,640 from his Town Salary.
| COUNTY : | ||||
| SUPERVISOR | Salary | Health Ins. | Retirement | TOTAL |
| Balll, Darrin | 15,000 | 29,221 | 2,876 | 47,097 |
| Bargabos, Richard | 15,000 | 28,966 | 2,876 | 46,842 |
| Becker, John | 30,000 | 29,221 | 5,753 | 64,974 |
| Bono, Ronald | 15,000 | 21,352 | 2,876 | 39,228 |
| Bradstreet, Sr., Roger | 15,000 | 21,352 | 2,876 | 39,228 |
| Carinci, Lewis | 15,000 | 17,779 | 2,876 | 35,655 |
| DeGear, Daniel | 22,500 | 10,605 | 4,314 | 37,419 |
| Goldstein, James | 15,000 | 29,221 | 2,876 | 47,097 |
| Henderson, Scott | 15,000 | 9,840 | 2,876 | 27,716 |
| Jones, David | 15,000 | 9,415 | 2,876 | 27,291 |
| Moses, Clifford | 15,000 | 935 | - | 15,935 |
| Pinard, Joseph | 15,000 | - | - | 15,000 |
| Rafte, James | 15,000 | 21,352 | - | 36,352 |
| Reinhardt, John | 15,000 | 21,352 | 2,876 | 39,228 |
| Salka, John | 15,000 | 28,966 | 2,876 | 36,352 |
| Shwartz, Eve Ann | 15,000 | 28,966 | 2,366 | 46,332 |
| Stepanski, Alexandr | 15,000 | 20,417 | - | 35,417 |
| Walrod, Paul | 15,000 | 20,417 | 2,876 | 38,293 |
| Zupan, William | 15,000 | 21,352 | 1,605 | 37,957 |
| 307,500 | 370,729 | 45,674 | $ 723,903 | |
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