Quoted from CICERO

It's scary how many people believe that erecting a building partially funded by tax money equals long term economic development

     Also, ironic that BBL Construction Services is the parent company of Recovery Grill & Restaurant.  I don't recall that tidbit of info being conveyed at any meetings or press releases.

Taxpayer's money, funneled right into the pockets of the 'select few'. Again........it was a 'private transaction' that should have never received taxpayer's money! Especially to a multi-million dollar company. The plex and crew came in and sweetened the pot for one of their own with 'our' money!!! Plain and simple!

so in a sense...BBL could actually become AA ?

Please see my blog for my comments on this issue.  http://rotterdamrepublican.blogspot.com/2010/08/recovery-restaurant-opening-in-capital.html

The reason I did this is due to the length of my comments.

Kevin

Great point

And to the quite topic of 2x digit tax increases is godlewski saveing for sidewalks or for paying real attorney fees

What changed from last years budget???

Does the police chief need a raise??

Quoted from TippyCanoe

Kevin

Great point

And to the quite topic of 2x digit tax increases is godlewski saveing for sidewalks or for paying real attorney fees

What changed from last years budget???

Does the police chief need a raise??

Still early to tell what the new budget will look like -- however . .i do know that the current budget (approved by our old Town Board) was really a sham budget -  monies "borrowed" from water and sewer funds to keep the tax increase (last year) looking small ...  juggling funds from senior center kitchen and lawyer's fees  (don't forget .. Mr Parisi and his partner cost us a small fortune) .. anyway juggling those funds to other areas as a "band aid".

Basically - the old GOP Town Board - "papered over" the problems rather than addressing them -- and left the current town board with a huge mess to address.

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

Basically - the old GOP Town Board - "papered over" the problems rather than addressing them -- and left the current town board with a huge mess to address.

Good thing FDG and team were "ready to hit the ground running".

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

juggling funds from senior center kitchen and lawyer's fees  (don't forget .. Mr Parisi and his partner cost us a small fortune) .. anyway juggling those funds to other areas as a "band aid".
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Anyone know exactly how much the taxpayers paid for Parisi?

Quoted from bumblethru

Anyone know exactly how much the taxpayers paid for Parisi?

To get the total $$ figure on that - one would have to FOIL for expenses paid to the law firm.   The law firm was paid a flat amount - somewhere between $90,000 and $100,000 - to be the "Town Law Firm".     Then the town was billed for  phone calls made, letters written, time spent over and above a certain amount each week on town legal business.    In my files at home, I have a copy of a bill for over $2,000 from the law firm for some letters and phone calls made to answer  ONE question addressed to the Town Board and for which the then Town Board asked the "town law firm" for an answer/opinion".

At least now, we have a full time Assistant Town Attorney -- so we don't get billed for each (legal) phone call made or (legal)letter written on behalf of the   Town.   I don't know the exact amount but our Assistant Town Attorney makes probably HALF what the "town law firm" made under the old administration  
AND he works well over 40 hours a week in the performance of those duties.  

While we may agree to disagree on some of his legal opinions  (I anticipate that the hardliners on this blog will raise some issues on that front) -- I do believe that the younger Mr. Godlewski has provided  GREAT VALUE and GREAT SERVICE for the taxpayer dollars spent on his salary.

Were ALL legal fees paid to Parisi's firm only? Or were there others as well? And if so who?

And were ALL legal fees recorded under that heading in the budget or could there be other/additional legal fees listed somewhere else under another budget heading?

Quoted from AVON

     Also, ironic that BBL Construction Services is the parent company of Recovery Grill &
Restaurant.  I don't recall that tidbit of info being conveyed at any meetings or press releases.

Not ironic, typical!  Vote 'em out!

and what about Mr. Delorenzo Esq / appt owner doesn't he represent the town?

as for the current years budget the past admin should have cut another 200,000 clams before they left town but they didn't bobbie g is lucky he is just whimpering, he could be crying

if he really wants to save cash start with the biggest expense in town, RPD not the officers but the admin.

Quoted from bumblethru

Were ALL legal fees paid to Parisi's firm only? Or were there others as well? And if so who?

And were ALL legal fees recorded under that heading in the budget or could there be other/additional legal fees listed somewhere else under another budget heading?

Parisi's law firm was the "town law firm" -- servced the Supervisor and Town Board -  other firms were hired for various other legal responsibilities - for example Ethics Commission had a separate lawyer

If you have the time to research the minutes of every Town Board, Zoning Board, Planning Commission, and Ethics Commission  (oh .. and IDA had its own lawyer) --- you could find exactly who all was hired at varios times to do various legal duties  -- then you could also FOIL for every bill submitted by the various attorneys --  
believe me .. I tried ... but trying to find the exact amount spent on lawyers and who all the lawyers were .. was/is  a time consuming affair.    The total was somewhere between $200,000 and $250,000

TOO MANY LAWYERS IN LEGISLATIVE POSITIONS MAKES FOR A HUGE BIG a** MISTAKE......keep the masses ignorant is their motto.......

GET OFF MY BACK

Quoted from bumblethru

Were ALL legal fees paid to Parisi's firm only? Or were there others as well? And if so who?

And were ALL legal fees recorded under that heading in the budget or could there be other/additional legal fees listed somewhere else under another budget heading?

Parisi and Saccocio was the "town law firm" -- but other lawyers and/or firms did legal work ..such as on tax case, also - in some issues acting as "town designated attorney", and , I believe, in the case of the Ethics Commission - a completely different lawyer was that Commission's official attorney.

Part of the spending on lawyers can be found in the Budget - as adopted ... other spending .. such as
the "town designated attorneys" .. was on a case by case basis added spending .. so you would have to go through all the Town Board agendas .. look for particular resolutions and also under the resolutions which transfered funds from one account to the account paying for legal services.