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This site was put together by a group of concerned Johnson City residents hoping to inform the residents of Johnson City of what they are NOT being told in regards to the dissolution effort. Johnson City has been around for over 100 years and we are not willing to let it go ! We feel there are PRO-active ways to make Johnson City a better place to live, than to throw away all the heritage and history that many of us have grown up with and helped to create.
In case you were unable to attend the informational meeting that was held at the American Legion on October 26. We've provided the PowerPoint presentation for you to review. read more » The final monthly newsletter written by Johnson City residents opposed to dissolving the Village of Johnson City. Our goal has been to help Johnson City residents make a better-informed choice, when the Dissolution Plan goes to vote on November 3rd. Dissolution Study: Article #14Think About Long Term Implications of Dissolution Written by Julie Deemie I was asked to sign a petition to look into saving money on taxes. When the top of the petition was unfolded it revealed that it was a petition for dissolution. I did not sign. Instead I became involved. I attended the Dissolution Study Meetings, wrote monthly newsletters, and read the Dissolution Plan. After listening to facts presented and continuing to research dissolution, I feel that dissolution is the wrong solution for Johnson City. Instead we must address the root cause of our demise. Lower taxes for Johnson City lies in the revitalization of our downtown area. Urban decay increases public safety costs, drives out businesses, and decreases our home values. 49% of JC housing units are rentals. Crime has increased dramatically since last year. Business growth is stagnant. The Town of Union has not expressed interest in revitalizing downtown Johnson City nor have they earmarked any funds for such. In order to increase our revenue, decrease tax burden, and attract businesses we must renew what has become an eyesore. Johnson City has the potential it just needs advocates with vision. read more » Johnson City Dissolution Plan Common Statements & Facts Written by Julie Deemie
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A monthly newsletter written by Johnson City residents opposed to dissolving the Village of Johnson City. Our goal is to help Johnson City residents make a better-informed choice, when the Dissolution Plan goes to vote. Dissolution Study Committee Meetings: Article #13 Dissolution Plan Savings are Misleading to the Public The Johnson City Dissolution Committee released its initial Dissolution Plan to the public on July 20th. The plan is available on-line at www.cgr.org/johnsoncity and at both Town of Union Libraries (George F. Johnson & Your Home Library) and the Johnson City Village Hall. Across New York State there are more than 10,500 governmental entities (units) imposing taxes and fees. These governmental entities include towns, villages, districts, and special districts such as water, sewer, and lighting districts. The concept of dissolution is intended to reduce the number of entities, creating more efficiency. The Johnson City dissolution Plan creates at least 6 new taxing units and/or special districts which would be imposed as tax line levies to the village residents, post dissolution. Our village would in fact have more tax levies, post dissolution than prior, making our government LESS efficient than it is now. read more »
A monthly newsletter written by Johnson City residents opposed to dissolving the Village of Johnson City. Our goal is to help Johnson City residents make a better-informed choice, when the Dissolution Plan goes to vote. Dissolution Study Committee Meetings: Article #12 Sketchy Plans Written by Julie Deemie The Johnson City Dissolution Committee met for public meetings on May 11th & May 18th, 2009 after having cancelled the April meeting. Dissolution Committee Chairman William Klish was absent from these meeting due to continued health problems. Committee member Gerry Putnam bravely led the meetings. The consultant, Charles Zetteck Jr., did not attend either meeting. The May meetings took on a new forum, as public comment was invited for the first time since the meetings began at the end of 2007. Many residents were unsure of the purpose of public comment with no plan details presented to them to base questions on. It was eluded that the committee would consider the public comments while developing the dissolution plan. At the May 18th meeting Putnam stated that he felt that the residents questions were telling him we are “looking for lower taxes”. read more »
A monthly newsletter written by Johnson City residents opposed to dissolving the Village of Johnson City. Our goal is to help Johnson City residents make a better-informed choice, when the Dissolution Plan goes to vote. Dissolution Study Committee Meetings: Article #11 Mums the Word Written by Julie Deemie The Johnson City Dissolution Committee met for its monthly public meeting on March 23, 2009. The agenda was an exact duplicate of the February agenda, which never came to fruition. Those in attendance had expected a long drawn out meeting due to the fact that the meeting agenda was to include sub-committee status reports for Department of Public Works/Public Services, Police, Fire, and Administrative. This meeting lasted roughly one hour. One would have thought that by this stage of the study that these status reports would be well developed and articulate. In actuality, very little was reported. read more » By G. JEFFREY HABER Local government consolidation has recently been embraced by academicians and some politicians as the remedy for high property taxes, despite the absence of evidence to suggest that the larger the government, the more efficient or less expensive it is. There are, however, many popular misconceptions that permeate the dialogue regarding the efficiency and consolidation of local governments. I would like to address three in particular. read more »
Dissolution Study Committee Meetings: Article #10 Timelines & Logistics of the Dissolution StudyWritten by Julie Deemie
The Johnson City Dissolution Committee met for a public meeting on February 23, 2009. Dissolution Committee Chairman William Klish was absent from this meeting due to illness. Committee member Gerry Putnam stepped up to the helm and led the February meeting.
The committee members have been meeting with their individual sub-committees in an effort to pull together information and data. Several committee members stressed that the volume of information to be gathered is significant.
At this month’s meeting, Fred Shaheen was absent therefore the completed Public Works Plan was not presented. Instead Bob Carr, Chair of the Police sub-committee reported on his group’s progress. He admitted that his report would be brief, which it was. Bob reaffirmed that there was a significant amount of information that needed to be gathered in order “to give credibility” to the plan. He stated that giving residents the proper information is important. read more »
A monthly newsletter written by Johnson City residents opposed to dissolving the Village of Johnson City. Our goal is to help Johnson City residents make a better-informed choice, when the Dissolution Plan goes to vote. Dissolution Study Committee Meetings: Article #9 Planning for “New Town-Day 1” The Johnson City Dissolution Committee met for a public meeting on January 26, 2009. This was the first meeting of the New Year, a very decisive and important year for Village of Johnson City resident voters.The committee members have been busy in their individual sub-committees trying to pull together information and data. Their end products will be tied together into a dissolution plan for our village and lead up to a referendum vote in November of this year. Dissolution Committee Chairman William Klish is hopeful that the plan will be completed by June. Public hearings and comment will occur once the dissolution plan is completed, before the vote takes place in November. read more » As I remember this is how the 'Dissolution Group' got people to sign their petitions. Slant the facts and lie about tax savings ! Some things never change... JC committee accused of slanting dissolution information Reported in the Press & Sun on Jan 6, 2009 For the full story click the link below |
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