OPPOSE the 4.99% tax increase!
CTON BUDGET - The Council is set to vote Nov. 21 on the 2018 budget and a 4.99% property tax increase. A $150,000 home in CTon pays $2,532.12 in property taxes - more than ANY other municipality in Erie County BEFORE the increase! The same house in Amherst would pay $539.83, in Orchard Park - $504, in Lackawanna - $1,958.15. (source - Erie County See below pdf file). CALL TO VOICE YOUR OPPOSITION - Mayor Davis - 695-8645, Council President Koch 692-3070, or your councilmember: Ward 1, Gilbert 743-1045, Ward 2, Smilinich 695-1321, Ward 3, Rautenstrauch 430-6662, or Ward 4, Toth 345-4928.
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PROPOSED SALARY LINE INCREASES
City Treasurer City Assessor City Clerk City Attorney Municipal Building Police Electric/traffic/central systems Fire Building Inspector Plumbing Inspector Highway Office Highway Maintenance Recreation/Parks Municipal Pool/Youth Center Bureau of Sewers Garbage & Trash Removal Street Cleaning Pump Station |
CITY EXPENDITURES
2018 (proposed) $22,321,186 2017 (budgeted) $21,168,815 INCREASE of $1,152,371 Double trouble? Clothing allowances nearly double in some departments and almost triple in Bureau of Sewers from $800 to $2250. Tree planting - same number of trees in 2018 as in 2019 but double the cost. Rec & Parks - Seasonal events budget increases from $10,000 to $17,000. Salaries line up $20,000 |
Did you hear about the
Budget Hearing? See Buffalo News story http://buffalonews.com/2017/11/15/a-notice-for-city-of-tonawanda-budget-hearing-gives-the-wrong-date/ Assessing the assessor... The budget for the City Assessor Department in Lackawanna is $115,890. If CTON shares its assessor why is the budget for its department $163,571. |
1 Million for boat docks?
Boat docks were not a priority for hundreds of CTON residents who filled out the The Envision Tonawanda survey (see below). Yet the budget includes $1,000,000 for docks and only 1/2 of it is funded. Will this be the next Million Dollar Toilet project? |
TAX RATE
CTON 2018 (Proposed) $18.626
CTON 2015 (Actual) $16.727
CTON 2018 (Proposed) $18.626
CTON 2015 (Actual) $16.727
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