2020-2021 Gilbertsville Budget Update

Spring Brush Pick Up

         

Spring Cleanup:

Brush must be piled neatly with all cut ends facing the same direction.  No Brush over 3” in diameter will be accepted.  Smaller brush and twigs must be bundled or in containers and piled separately. 

Clippings and Leaves must be in bags or containers which can be picked up to load on a truck, maximum weight for any of these items is 40 lbs.  No bags containing garbage or trash will be picked up.  The village is composting this waste:  therefore, it is important that no garbage or trash be mixed in.  Large weeds and stalks must be bundled, bagged or in containers in a separate pile.

Thank you!

Gilbertsville Update on COVID19

 Here’s an update for 4/11/2020.  The weekly meeting via phone conference with the area Mayors, Supervisors, Superintendents, Hospital Admin, Police, and EMS seemed to have gone well.  We are all dealing as best we can to meet our obligations while staying as safe as possible. We are receiving updates from the counties on quarantined COVID-19 cases and they are starting to grow. Otsego County now has 34 confirmed cases. The new CDC advice to wear a mask in public places has been made.  As you have heard this week might have been  the peak week for the state for the number of new cases and deaths. Unfortunately that doesn’t mean we can let our guard down next week. In fact now is the time to be even more attentive. Please continue to be safe.

Update on our Manganese Removal Treatment Plant (Water Project)

Inside view of our new manganese removal treatment plant.  Listen to Jack Dodson explain about the plant.
Interview with Jack Dodson (Village Engineer)

Update COVID-19 April 2

Fellow Residents, we are all dealing as best we can to meet our obligations while staying as safe as possible. We are receiving updates from the counties on quarantined COVID-19 cases and they are starting to grow. Otsego County now has 14 confirmed cases and they confirmed the first death from COVID last week.
The county has also requested that people from down state not come to their second homes unless they quarantine themselves for 14 days. Also, that residents that have gone to the NYC area to visit anyone self-quarantine for 14 days after returning. The next 2 weeks are going to be critical to the progression COVID-19. The numbers will continue to grow sharply.  The key right now is to stay at home as much as possible.   If you go out, treat everyone that you meet like they are carrying the virus. (A carrier can have no symptoms and still have the virus) Do this by keeping at least 6 feet away from them.  If you must go out for food shopping or the drug store, be sure to wash your hands or use sanitizer before, during, and after your trip. As hard as this situation is, it’s everyone’s responsibility not to pass this on.  The village has to keep doing its business, so we are planning a public hearing for the budget and a board meeting for later this month to be broadcast on-line.  Keep an eye out for the announcement as to when and how you can tune in and get the information. Call the office if you have questions 783-2440, we will get back to you during business hours.  Be well everyone.

Preliminary Summary of the Adopted State Budget

The State Legislature is back at the Capitol working to finalize the State Budget for fiscal year 2020-21 which begins today. Many of the final bills are still being negotiated and as a result, we are awaiting details on things like amending discovery reform, siting of renewable energy projects,  expansion of prevailing wage, along with other initiatives.

Here is what we know at this time:

The Aid and Incentives for Municipalities (AIM) – The Budget makes no changes to the amount of AIM funding for cities, villages and towns and the associated AIM-related payments that certain villages and towns receive from county sales tax revenue. 

Transportation Funding – CHIPS is funded at the current $438 million and the Budget includes the additional $65 million in Extreme Winter Recovery funding. 

Discovery Reform Implementation Aid – The Budget includes $40 million, which would be transferred from the Office of the Manhattan District Attorney, to support local services and expenses related to discovery reform implementation, including but not limited to, digital evidence transmission technology, administrative support, computers, hardware and operating software, data connectivity, development of training materials, staff training, overtime costs, litigation readiness, and pretrial services. Eligible entities include, but are not limited to counties, cities with populations less than one million, and law enforcement and prosecutorial entities within towns and villages.

Mid-Year Budget Reduction – The Budget includes language that would permit the State Budget Director to make uniform reductions to appropriations if the State Budget becomes unbalanced because revenues fall below projections or expenditures rise above projections during a given period. The proposed reductions would be shared with the Legislature and they will have ten days to prepare and adopt their own plan. If the Legislature does not do so, the Budget Director’s proposed reductions would go into effect automatically.   

We will continue to provide you with updates as more information becomes available.