The Tuxedo Town Board met on Monday evening, August 30th. There was a large public turn-out to hear Camoin Associates present their Fiscal Analysis of Tuxedo Reserve to the Town Board. The agenda had 7 items to be addressed, followed by public comments. The Board was then scheduled to enter Executive Session to discuss a Town Police matter.
In a bizarre break in standard procedure for any Town or Village Board, Town Supervisor Dolan interrupted the schedule after the seventh agenda item, and had the Town Board leave the room for Executive Session before the public comment period. The public was then forced to wait one hour for the Board to return. The tactic was obvious and shameless–Dolan was hoping the public would tire and leave. No one left.
During the public comment period, Town Resident Thomas Wilson approached the Town Clerk table where the audio cassette deck is placed to record the public meeting. Town Supervisor Dolan tried to intimidate Wilson and force him to return to the far side of the room where his voice would not be recorded as clearly as the Town Board members. Wilson refused, and asked Dolan “how he could pledge allegiance to the flag behind him and not allow the right to free speech.”
In another bizarre Dolan moment, the Town Supervisor actually stood up, walked towards the Clerk’s table and said he would unplug the tape deck and take it to Wilson’s seat on the other side of the room. The Town Clerk offered a compromise for Wilson to take three steps back to a chair and ask his questions. Dolan and the Board finally consented.
Wilson asked the Board if they were going to require an environmental study of Tuxedo Reserve’s newly proposed 4 lane highway to Mountain Lake. The highway will be 60 feet wide, steep, multi-tiered, and have a median divider. Dolan replied “no.”
Wilson then asked the Board if they were going to vote on Tuxedo Reserve before Rockland County or Sloatsburg voted on Tuxedo Reserve’s new Stormwater Management “Plan.” The original plan to discharge into the Ramapo River was denied by the DEC in February, 2010.
Their new plan is conceptual only and no detailed plans have been presented. Despite FEMA flooding last Spring, and the Board’s responsibility as Lead Agency under SEQRA, Dolan said they would vote on Tuxedo Reserve before Rockland or Sloatsburg voted. In essence, the Tuxedo Town Board is rubber stamping a “conceptual only” Stormwater Management Plan!
Dolan further demonstrated his bias for Tuxedo Reserve by waving the Camoin Fiscal Analysis in the air, claiming it was a “fabrication.”
Incorrectly accounts for changes to State Aid to Schools;
Incorrectly accounts for new property tax revenues to the Town, School District & other districts;
Undercounts School District costs; and
Overcounts the amount of new sales tax revenue to be received during the years when Project is under development.
Overstates tax benefits by $2 million per year; project probably tax negative
Their follow up report on August 30th, analyzes:
Overstatement of Property Tax Revenue from Commercial/Industrial Sources by $300,000 per year
Calculation of Number of School Aged Children to increase from addition of 58,000 residential square feet; thereby increasing Tuxedo School District costs (not calculated by Tuxedo Reserve)
Calculation of Residential Assessed Value overstates property tax revenues by $230,000
(see report below)
Saving his most sagacious moment of the evening for an exchange with Michael N’dolo from Camoin Assoicates, Town Supervisor Dolan stated emphatically that $70 is the current figure received by the School District per pupil.
The following day, Camoin Associates visited the New York State Comptroller’s website. The Tuxedo Union Free School District received $1,186,122 in state aid for education in 2008. In 2008, there were 310 “aidable” pupils, which corresponds to $3,826 per aidable pupil.
Arrogance and ignorance is a dangerous skill set for a Town Supervisor.
The Tuxedo Town Board met on Monday evening, August 30th. There was a large public turn-out to hear Camoin Associates present their Fiscal Analysis of Tuxedo Reserve to the Town Board. The agenda had 7 items to be addressed, followed by public comments. The Board was then scheduled to enter Executive Session to discuss a Town Police matter.
In a bizarre break in standard procedure for any Town or Village Board, Town Supervisor Dolan interrupted the schedule after the seventh agenda item, and had the Town Board leave the room for Executive Session before the public comment period. The public was then forced to wait one hour for the Board to return. The tactic was obvious and shameless–Dolan was hoping the public would tire and leave. No one left.
During the public comment period, Town Resident Thomas Wilson approached the Town Clerk table where the audio cassette deck is placed to record the public meeting. Town Supervisor Dolan tried to intimidate Wilson and force him to return to the far side of the room where his voice would not be recorded as clearly as the Town Board members. Wilson refused, and asked Dolan “how he could pledge allegiance to the flag behind him and not allow the right to free speech.”
In another bizarre Dolan moment, the Town Supervisor actually stood up, walked towards the Clerk’s table and said he would unplug the tape deck and take it to Wilson’s seat on the other side of the room. The Town Clerk offered a compromise for Wilson to take three steps back to a chair and ask his questions. Dolan and the Board finally consented.
Wilson asked the Board if they were going to require an environmental study of Tuxedo Reserve’s newly proposed 4 lane highway to Mountain Lake. The highway will be 60 feet wide, steep, multi-tiered, and have a median divider. Dolan replied “no.”
Wilson then asked the Board if they were going to vote on Tuxedo Reserve before Rockland County or Sloatsburg voted on Tuxedo Reserve’s new Stormwater Management “Plan.” The original plan to discharge into the Ramapo River was denied by the DEC in February, 2010.
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(courtesy of tpfyi.com)
Their new plan is conceptual only and no detailed plans have been presented. Despite FEMA flooding last Spring, and the Board’s responsibility as Lead Agency under SEQRA, Dolan said they would vote on Tuxedo Reserve before Rockland or Sloatsburg voted. In essence, the Tuxedo Town Board is rubber stamping a “conceptual only” Stormwater Management Plan!
Dolan further demonstrated his bias for Tuxedo Reserve by waving the Camoin Fiscal Analysis in the air, claiming it was a “fabrication.”
The Camoin analysis from August 6th, states that Tuxedo Reserve:
Their follow up report on August 30th, analyzes:
(see report below)
Saving his most sagacious moment of the evening for an exchange with Michael N’dolo from Camoin Assoicates, Town Supervisor Dolan stated emphatically that $70 is the current figure received by the School District per pupil.
The following day, Camoin Associates visited the New York State Comptroller’s website. The Tuxedo Union Free School District received $1,186,122 in state aid for education in 2008. In 2008, there were 310 “aidable” pupils, which corresponds to $3,826 per aidable pupil.
Arrogance and ignorance is a dangerous skill set for a Town Supervisor.
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