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Fall Clean Up D 10 am to 4 pm at • For Scipio residen • For large items too • No truckloads of c • Special Bin for scr • Household trash t as usual. No mattresses, tire batteries, petroleum computers or elect No cans unless op Rabies Cl 1 to 3 pm at Please bring recent rabies bring your ca of Dr. Underw donation Rabies imm for dogs 6 m 3 months & o Don’t forget to VOT Regular Board Meetings are held at the Town Office on the 2nd Wednesday of Volunteers w We would love to assist with Clean as soon as possib of hours to help o 364-5218, Keith B Town Office 364- Electronics anytime during Computer & Sa Auburn. www.C [PHONE REDACTED] Hazardous M contact Corne Transfer Station is open Saturdays 10 – 4 pm. Town Newsletters are mailed out in the spring and fall, and are also posted on the town website. If you would like to receive a newsletter please contact the town clerk. Town Offices: Highway Garage 364-7754 Town Clerk’s Office 364-5740 Justice Court Office 364-5325 Fax number 364-6802 Website co.cayuga.ny.us/scipio email [EMAIL REDACTED] Home contacts: Supervisor Keith Batman 364-5548 Council members Milene Morfei 364-7384 Greg Rury 246-4025 Keith Welch 364-5218 Gary Whitten 364-8596 Clerk/Tax Collector/Registrar Dodie Rowlands 364-7682 Historian Sandie Stoker Gilliland 253-0461 Highway Superintendent Mark Chamberlain 364-8719 Assessor Scott Snyder 1-[PHONE REDACTED] Animal Control Officer Carl Collier 253-4367 Zoning & Code Enforcement Officer Mike O’Connor 283-3603 ---PAGE BREAK--- p g to the Board within the next few months. While there will be public comment prior to the Board taking any action, if you have thoughts now, please take a moment to share them with Tom. In addition to consideration of hydrofracking and other heavy industrial activity in the Town, we will be looking at how to implement the other parts of our comprehensive plan and the goals it sets forth for the Town. This will involve a review of our zoning and other laws and procedures and will be focused on making certain those points set out in the plan as shared goals are implemented. I encourage you to go to the WEB site and have a look at the Comp Plan. If you can’t access the WEB site, let Dodie know and she can help you get a hard copy. Help is needed with our review; so, please contact me if you are interested in working on implementation of any area of the plan. Another important decision on the horizon is our role with the Southern Cayuga Instant Aid (SCIA). Elsewhere in the newsletter, you will find an article by Cindy Wilcox on the SCIA ambulance service and their request of Scipio and the other towns they serve for an increased level of support. This is a big step, the reasons for which Cindy begins to lay out for us in her article. Because this is a major financial commitment and because any such commitment comes only through your tax dollars, the Board and I will be working over the next months to make sure you have a chance to share your thoughts. We will have information at the Transfer Station in the next few months and will have a series of opportunities for you to meet with us and with SCIA to get answers to your questions and hear your thoughts. I hope you will take advantage of the opportunities since the Board and I need your guidance. In addition to the meetings, I encourage you to send comments to me at the town address or email, or call me at home 364-5548. Thank you to everyone that came out. Reminder that the annual Sportsman's Raffle/Pancake Breakfast will be held on October 3. We look forward to seeing you all there. School is back in session so please remember it is a state law to not pass a school bus with flashing lights. If you are interested in becoming a member or finding out more about what we do at the firehouse feel free to stop by and see us on Monday nights. Reminder from the office of the Fire Chief: As the winter heating weather approaches please make sure that your heating equipment is operating properly. If you heat with wood make sure that your chimney has been cleaned. Also make sure that you change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Check us out at www.scipiofirerescue.com Town Court Fall means back to school. Obey stopped school buses, avoid fines and possible disasters. As always check registration and inspection stickers – avoid fines. Fall also means winter is coming. Be courteous to our Highway workers who are keeping the roads safe for our travel. Maintain safe speeds for conditions and avoid preventable tickets. Lastly, a point of law – if you have to exceed the normal speed limit while passing a vehicle that is going slower than you, you can be ticketed for speeding. Use common sense while passing. Watch your speed. - Justice Brian Dugan & - Court Clerk Deb Kellogg Town Board Resolutions passed: • To join the Owasco Watershed Management Council as a member • To support the application for state funding for the Opendore rehabilitation project in the hamlet of Sherwood. T i i l p g Over the past several ye ambulance service has c Volunteer support has de become challenging, and payments have made it d doing business. As a result, SCIA has req Scipio to renew and incre necessary to continue th services. For 2013, SCIA residents to pay around $ assessed property value 2012 rate. This rate is ve paid by other rural comm ambulance service. The situation faced by SC ambulance service acros increasingly fragile. Due to the national decre agencies are forced to re professional staff to ensu 24 hours a day, 7 days a implications of this transi with payroll costs current of its budget. Volunteer s agencies like SCIA. It he expenses and free up res medical supplies and equ and professional develop in other opportunities tha and safety. Low population rates me Larger ambulance compa high volumes and match SCIA does not have that insurance companies pa only when a patient is tra Almost 40% of SCIA’s ca where emergency care is