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Colton union employees will receive 1.5 percent raises, all other salaries to be discussed during budget preparation

Posted 10/1/16

By JIMMY LAWTON COLTON -- Town Supervisor Dennis Bulger says union employees will receive a 1.5 percent increase in their salaries, but other wages will be discussed in the upcoming budget …

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Colton union employees will receive 1.5 percent raises, all other salaries to be discussed during budget preparation

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By JIMMY LAWTON

COLTON -- Town Supervisor Dennis Bulger says union employees will receive a 1.5 percent increase in their salaries, but other wages will be discussed in the upcoming budget preparations.

Bulger said in an emailed response that the town will consider raising other wages for positions like highway superintendent and town clerk during the budget process, but none have been approved yet.

“Certain elected officials may get a raise, but that is to be decided as part of the budget process,” Bulger said in an emailed response.

Bulger added that he would not be taking a raise.

Confusion about whether or not elected officials would receive raises this year stemmed from a resolution made Sept. 14 in which board members Donald Shoen, Ronald Robert, Katheryn Hayes and Grace Hawley chose not support a proposal titled “No Raise for Elected Officials.”

Town Supervisor Dennis Bulger was not present for the meeting.

The town board has faced more scrutiny than in the past after a major increase in assessments that came out of a settlement with the Brookfield Renewable Energy.

Read more about that at http://www.northcountrynow.com/news/new-reality-colton-property-taxes-double-some-0176839

According to meeting minutes Assessor Tina Miller said her office has been inundated with phone calls since tax bills have been sent out.

“I would like to take this opportunity to remind people if they are upset about the tax bill please go to your town board, school board and county legislators meetings,” Miller said at the meeting.

According to the minutes Miller also added the following statement.

“At this time I feel the majority of calls being received in the assessment office are due to the amount of tax bills more so than what the assessment is. If the issue is truly an assessment concern then by all means contact the assessment office. If the concern is strictly tell me your assessment is too high, remember, every year you may grieve the assessment on the last Tuesday of May,” the meeting minutes state.