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•••- 5 3 \ ' ' • ^ ' ' ' ' • • ' ' ' • • ' 4 , . ' ' Wrestlers Primed For Showdown-^ 11 A, 4 Northern New York's Greatest Weekly \ A Town & Country Newspaper VOL. 102 NO. 23 — GOUVERNEUR, NY. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1989 18 PAGES — THIRTY FIVE CENTS Village Fears Loss of Aid Hudson Says To Cuomo Change The Formula By Lisa L. Reape GOV. MARIO M.CUOMO Village Administrator Scott A. Hudson says the state's formula for funneling money to Gouvemeur and other local municipalities needs revamping. Mr. Hudson made that observation in the wake of Gov. Mario M. Cuomo's proposed $46.6 billion budget ich was released last week, ith a $79 million proposed cut to counties, mu- nicipalities more than likely will be called upon to make up the difference. Obviously, the county will have to either cut services or increase taxes to maintain those serv- ices,\ Mr. Husdon said. \Either one is a concern. If you cut services, there may be a pass-through to other municipalities.\ Unlike local school districts that will receive fund- ing increases under the governor's budget, munici- palities do not receive the same consideration. \While I understand that the impact of the gover- nor's budget on schools in terms of increases in state aid to school districts may not be as much as the State Education Department requested, only uuir school in the north country received (a recommenda- tion of) a decrease,\ Mr. Hudson said. \My under- standing of the governor's budget as it pertains to municipalities is that it would maintain the status quo. If that's so, it would be the third year in a row there's been no increase in direct state aid to munici- palities. \I find it interesting that an increase can be recom- mended every year for education, while state aid to towns and villages stays the same. It's interesting because any shortfall of amunicipality is born by the taxpayers, but a school district impacts a larger area where there are more property owners, so the impact is felt less. u if we as municipalities receive the same funding appropriation each year, we're actually suffering a loss because of inflation,\ Mr. Hudson said. \If we remain at status quo, we're losing ground because our cost of doing business increases.\ The Village of Gouvemeur has received approxi- mately $102,000 per year in direct state aid. \One of the things ike mayor (Laura Slate) and I and other mayors across the state will be discussing at the end of February (at the New York Conference of Mayors winter conference) in Albany will be the impact of the governor's budget on municipalities,\ ; See Hudson Pg.6 VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR SCOTT A. HUDSON WATER AND SCWEfl SILLS VILLAGE OF GOUVERNEUR 13 CUMTOW STREET GOUVERNEUR. NEW YORK 13*42 NOVEMBER 1 - JANUARY 31 *G «£Ct«PT *.LL B6 RtTu«N£D UNLESS A SElFADOAESSED STAMPfcD £NVELO*E ACCOMPANIES REMITTANCE FUNCTIONS USER FEES Connect ton Turn on D Turn o*t O Pitt Du« Account SALAMCE OUE LOCATION Of •WATER SERVICE • % • PROPERTY OWNER l BUSINESS OR i RCSiOENCE • RATE COOE TOTAL c ee :ec Bai WATER SEWER TOTAL PAY BEFORE: I RECEIPT NUMBER RECEivEO NOTICE 10% i«tt »•• w»u 3*:* «ft»f WATER PLCASC mrnm* THIS »A«T nrrw To L B€ AOO€0 Annual Police Report Proves Crime Increase A year-end report documents what the Gouvemeur Police Department has maintained for months: demand for services over the last year is up 20 percent over 1987 levels *while staffing has remained constant. Police Chief David C. Whitton re- leased the department's annual report, which spells what he and his staffhave had to deal with on a daily basis for the past 12 months. . Total calls and complaints for 1988 reached 5,986, up from 4,917 the previ- ous year. As the chief has stated previ- ously, every call, whether it is of a criminal nature or something as simple as someone being locked out of a car, must be answered. Calls for service resulted in 510 ar- rests for \hazardous vehicle and traffic offenses,\ such as driving while intoxi- cated, compared to 454 in 1987. Non- hazardous vehicle and traffic violations totaled 226 in the past year, up from 188 the previous year. Parking viola- tions saw a slight decline last year, with 300 tickets issued* cornjpared^to, 320 in 1987. Parking fine revenues were up in 1988, though, $1,360, com- pared to $1,325 in 1987. The department arrested 329 per- . sons for penal law offenses, up from 302 last year. Of those, 34 were offenses involving intrusion and damage to prop- erty; 34 for offenses involving physical injury, sexual contact restraint and in- timidation; 54 for offenses involving theft; 103 involving fraud, and 72 for of- fenses against public order. Offioers investigated 223 reported motor vehicle accidents in the last 12 months, compared with 186 the year before. Total number of offenses charged in 1988 were 1,439, up from 1,001 in 1987. After the arrests, local police were able to recover $50,089 in property, up from $19,578 the previous year. Ailing Library Asks School To Let Taxpayers Give $25,000 By Lisa L. Reape Faced with a Gouvemeur Public Li- brary that may be drawing its last breaths, some 25 members of the Reading Room Association approached the Gouvemeur School District Board of Education Mon- day night in hopes of winning a financial resuscitation from district taxpayers. The Reading Room is requesting that $25,000 be put on a separate line item vote in the Gouverneur Central School District budget for 1969-1990 to help the library meet its operating experts** Library Trustee Bruce Clark, spokes- man for the group, called the library's financial outlook 'dismal,* due to rising operating expenses while funding sources remain constant During the past two years, the library has been forced to draw on the inter eat of donations and beqoeett in savings ac- counvs vo meet opervong expecieoa. in the past three mootha, the situation l*s fbreed the Hbrery to draw on tbe prittctpal \In 19*8, fee ifrrmryHaa to dip into its savings for $14,655 to meet operating ex- penses,* Mr. Clark said, while the previ- ous year it drew some $4,300 from sav- ings. \If the library goes on dipping into sav- ings at the same rate, and there's no rea- son to think not, we have a year and a half of life,* he said In an effort to maintain costs, the li- brary has been forced to cut hack on &rv- ice hours despite demand, particularly on Friday evenings and Saturdays, and to curtail purchases of some essential re- eearch materials T The library now operates 32 hours per week, through volunteer fcffbrts Tbe 126,000 line item request, if ap- proved, would allow die Hbrary to main- tain services at their current level with- out drawing on ssvinfs. Tht remaining $11,000 would tllow the hbrary to m cre*se staifii* to incremae its hoars to 42 per week, including Frkley evenings and iSeturdayv \WfV* askir* you to pot it before the to let thnn Mie the fatt of their .•Mr CUrkt^i He added tfet hbrary board wa fundi ng from district taxpayers to spread the library's operating expenses among the people who use the library A survey of library users over the last thrfi'P months found There are some 26 communities that people come from to use the library, and with very few excep- tions, that's the Gouvemeur School Dis- trict,\ Mr Clark said. Of the 1,074 people who answered the survey, 1 50 were stu- dents who reported they were in the li- brary doing research, he added. That supports the library's contention that schools and public libraries go hand in hand. In a letter to the school board dated Dec 13, Library Board President Anita Stoffel wrote \Ibe school district taxes and serves the same population base as the Library, and we feel that the Reading Room is an extension of its educational services Students and teachers alike of- ten call on the Library to serve them dur- ing non-ochool hour* In many caaei students do not have the reeowoes oTen- cydopediM' and oo forth in their See Aiife* Pg. H
