Town Supervisor
Mary Ann Coogan (r) 3,463 def. Kimberly Sacco’s (d) 2,437 votes,.
Town Justice
John Petosa (r) 3,015 def. Donald Swete (d) 2,793.
Highway Superintendant
Marlk Pigula (r) 3590 def. Jim Meyers (d) 2283
First Ward
Eric Hammerle (r) 701 def. Marv Meissner (d) 384
Second Ward
Mike LaFlair (r) 446 def. Mark Kolinski (d) 317
Third Ward
William Davern (r) 500 def. Lisa Sacco (d) 239
Fourth Ward
James Salanger (d) 833 – No Opponent
Fifth Ward
Richard Griffo (d) 652 vs. Christopher Cesta 633
(Awaiting absentee ballot count – Final Results expected next week)
Sixth Ward
David Callahan (r) 797 def. Michelle Constantino-Scot (d) 282
The election day referendum to consolidate the Village of Camillus with the Town of Camillus was defeated by votes Tuesday with vote of 229 Against and 158 for.
Patricia butler will be the new mayor defeating Karen Kiggins 198 to 153.
The Village board will consist of Tim Stapleton, Anthony Koumda and Ann Eckert.
Town of Camillus Receiver of Taxes Pat Fletcher, passed away on Saturday, May 21, 2011.
Relatives and friends may call Wednesday, May 25 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Buranich Funeral Home, 5431 W. Genesee St., Camillus. Pat’s funeral Mass will take place Thursday, May 26 at 10:30 a.m. in St. Joseph’s Church, after which she will be laid to rest in Maplewood Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Pats memory to American Heart Association, P.O. Box 417005, Boston, MA 02241.
Pat and, former Village Mayor, Ed Fletcher were to server as co-marshalls in this years memorial day parade.
Officals will contiuune to discuss establishing a “committee of representatives from the town’s emergency service providers in order to collaborate on purchases and streamline spending throughout the town.”
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Lead CPWG Chair Dereth Glance, who is the Executive Program Director at Citizens Campaign for the Environment and Clean Water Network Board Treasurer, was recently appointed by President Obama to be a Commissioner with the International Joint Commission at the Department of State.
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“We showed that the process does work. That the American system is not broken. And it’s message, not money, that will win this race,” Buerkle said.
More at YNN
Wait – Didn’t Dan Maffei claim victory election night?
s expected, Buerkle added to her lead, receiving 790 votes from the Wayne County ballots. Maffei received 521 votes.
While Abigail Gardner, a spokeswoman for Maffei, said the campaign would have no comment on Sunday, Buerkle’s campaign issued a statement saying they will let the process play out before declaring victory.
“We are pleased with the numbers released by Wayne County today. There is another court hearing set for Tuesday morning, and we will wait to hear Judge DeJoseph’s determination now that all absentee ballots in New York’s 25th Congressional District have been counted.
While we remain confident that Ann Marie Buerkle will emerge the victor, we need to allow the process to proceed as set forth in the original court proceedings initiated by the Maffei campaign.”
Read More at The Auburn Pub.
The town has set up a page giving information on Registration, absentee ballots, ward / district information and polling places for each district. Very handy.
Elections/Voting Info
After taking all the sales tax money away from the towns this summer forcing a school tax hike of over 2%, now this. According to esitmates from our town hall we can expect our property tax to increase from $ 3.80 per thousand to $4.40 – $4.50 per thousand PLUS the school tax increase.
Our local budget is due in this week. From notes we have read, they intend to cut services, like leaf pick, up in order to fund things like a Parks and Rec Master Plan review (to the tune of 12 grand) Anyone else getting fed up?
After weeks of politics and procedure, Onondaga County lawmakers are finally finished with the 2011 budget. More than half of the County’s residents will see a tax bill increase but others will see a decrease.
Thursday was the first time even seasoned legislators and county officials could remember a meeting to override budget vetoes. It was complete with intense debates, but in the end only three of County Executive Joanie Mahoney’s eleven vetoes were overridden.
“I think it’s a travesty,” said Republican 14th District Legislator Casey Jordan, “I think today was a dark day in County history with these types of tax increases and I guess I’m really disappointed in what happened today.”
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Ned Campbell has an interview with new village trustee Bridget Yule.
Bridget Yule has been the director of Student Center and Programming Services at Syracuse University for 21 years. She was sworn in as village trustee last month. Yule is the mother of Daniel Talbot, a civil engineer for Arcadis of New York, and Emily, a graduate student of speech pathology at Ithaca College.
Read the Rest at EagleNews.
