Highlights from Tuesday's Glen Cove City Council meeting.
At Tuesday's Glen Cove City Council meeting, resident and 2011 mayoral candidate Paul Meli brought up the rumor that Glen Cove and Sea Cliff executives have pursued a shared-service agreeement. Meli inquired about the nature of the service in question, and after Mayor Ralph Suozzi said he could not discuss the matter, the mayor announced the service was police. Meli cited a May 2 resolution from the Sea Cliff Village Board authorizing a contract for a feasibility study as to how the agreement could work. After the meeting, Mayor Bruce Kennedy of Sea Cliff said the agreement would benefit both sides. "I think it's a great idea," said Kennedy. "If we get increased service for a price lower than we're paying [Nassau County] now, and if …
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Dr. Ranier Melucci discusses county's decision to shift the financial expense of tax certiorari settlements to school districts.
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Editor's Note: Dr. Ranier W. Melucci is superintendent of schools in the Merrick School District and president of the Nassau County Council of School Superintendents. Recently, Nassau County Superintendents of Schools received literature from County Executive Ed Mangano regarding his 2011 "No Property Tax Increase Budget." As part of this proposed budget, Nassau County Legislators voted, strictly along party lines, to shift the financial expense of paying county assessment errors from Nassau County to the local school districts. We certainly agree that the assessment system is broken, however, shifting the responsibility to the school districts will not help fix it. Mr. Mangano's assertion that this change in practice is not going to cost …
Mike Sevich
2:21 pm on Friday, September 2, 2011
Oh what a surprise! The Libs point out things that have no relevancy to what is being discussed! What a surprise! If you really can't figure out what he meant Isabella, you shouldn't be commenting. more ›