740 W. Boston Post Road
Nancy Seligson, Town Supervisor
Spring 2016 Newsletter Dear Neighbors, Your Town government is hard at work to improve how we communicate with you. As part of that effort, we are relaunching this twice-yearly townwide newsletter that will be delivered in the Spring and Fall . You’ll also soon see a new and improved town website – which you can learn more about inside this newsletter – a new town Facebook page, and a monthly email newsletter you can sign up for at www.townofmamaroneckny.org/subscribe. As your Town Supervisor for the last four years, I’ve also made it a crucial priority to keep Mamaroneck a local leader in environmental sustainability. That’s why I’m so excited to tell you more about the new choices you have in buying cheaper and greener electricity. You probably received a letter in the mail telling you that we have a new choice for an electricity supplier this year – Con Ed Solutions – and that eligible residents will automatically be enrolled unless they opt out. Anyone can opt out at any time. In partnership with Sustainable Westchester, this new program, Westchester Power, helps develop the market for renewable energy and provide you fixed costs at an anticipated lower rate. Your bill will still come from Con Ed and Con Ed will still deliver the electricity, the same as it always has, but the electricity itself will be supplied by Con Ed Solutions. You’ll get a fixed kilowatt price for 24 months, and the option to choose between two different sources of electricty; the default supplier uses 100% renewables. Transitioning to clean, renewable energy is one of the town’s core sustainability objectives. We will never have an easier, better, simpler, or more impactful way of accomplishing that objective. Longer term, opting for the green rate will help drive down costs further by ramping up demand for renewable energy, helping to stimulate growth in capacity and infrastructure. That, in turn, helps reduce prices. Bringing in big chunks of customers through Westchester Power contributes to that goal more effectively than scattered individual sign-ups. To learn more about this program, please visit www.westchesterpower.org. Thank you for helping make Mamaroneck a leader in sustainability! Nancy Seligson Town Supervisor
2016 Adopted Budget: What You Need to Know The Town of Mamaroneck once again passed a responsible, forward-looking budget. The average homeowner in the unincorporated area of Mamaroneck will pay $115 less in 2016 than they did in 2015. In addition, by staying under the tax cap, we’ve made town residents - including in the villages - eligible for New York State property tax rebates. Budget at a glance Total Expenditures: $35,076,363 (+2.2%)
Tax Collec*ons 4% Administra*on 8%
Debt Service 3%
Full-Time Staff Members: 130 (+.8%) Average Town Tax Bill, Unincorporated Town: $6,133 (-1.9%) Non-tax Revenue:$10,663,181 (+1.4%)
Streets and Roads 17%
Revenue from user fees: $4,719,500
Sewer District 1%
Employee Benefits 16%
Property Tax share of all Town Revenue: 67.6%, down from 69.3% in 2013 Total, public safety: $6,306,749
Recrea*on 7%
Total, streets and roads: $5,747,960 Fire and Ambulance 13%
Police and Public Safety 18%
Total, fire and ambulance: $4,702,227 Total, library and recreation: $3,751,630 Property tax breakdown, unincorporated: 60% School District, 22% Town, 18% County,
Other Services 3%
Garbage District Library 6% 3%
Environment and Planning 1%
Property tax breakdown, villages: 54% School District, 28% Village, 16% County, 2% Town
Coming Soon: New ways to connect online! We’re constantly striving to improve how we communicate with you, and next month we’re going to be giving residents and local businesses three new ways to connect with town government online. The biggest change is our brand new website, currently undergoing its final tweaks and scheduled to be launched in mid-June. It’s much more than just a new web address - though you’ll have to update your browser bookmarks to go to www.TownofMamaroneckNY.org - but a completely new way to get what you need: Register and pay for activities with the Recreation and Parks department. Pay certain town bills, including parking and traffic violations. Access detailed, searchable archives of town meetings and minutes. You won’t see it, but by moving more day-to-day town operations into the digital age, we’ll make town government more efficient and effective. We’re also revamping our email alert system to make it easier to get the news you want from us. In addition to the email alerts you can already receive, you’ll be able to sign up for a monthly newsletter with updates and news from around town, choosing to hear as much or as little as you want. Most exciting, our new interactive calendar will allow you to receive news about specific events.
Memorial Day Parades
Snapshots
Girl Scout Troop 2559 and Supervisor Nancy Seligson observe Arbor Day and celebrate Mamaroneck’s 23 straight years participating in the Tree City USA program
Summer Concert Series
Volunteers at our annual Sheldrake River Cleanup - April 30
Join us in Memorial Park at 7pm on select Monday nights throughout the summer for free concerts that are fun for the whole family. Free parking is available at the Train Station in Commuter Lot #1 during all concerts. For more information, call us at (914) 381-7865. July 11th: Alive ‘n Kickin’ July 18th: The Kathy Thompson Band July 25th: FDR Drive Band August 1st: The Thornwoods
Annual Bunny Hop 5K Fun Run - April 10
Rain date: August 8th, if possible.
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Annual Bunny Hop 5K Fun Run - April 10
Mamaroneck Town Center Office of the Town Supervisor 740 West Boston Post Road Mamaroneck, NY 10543
Congratulations to the 2016 State Champion Boys Hockey, back-to-back State Champion Boys Doubles Tennis, National Champion Girls 4x800 Relay, and two-time defending State Champion Girls Field Hockey Teams!
Photos: Sandra Wong Geroux
Tennis Players Hope Crawford and Courage Crawford. Hockey Players Brendan Boyle, Nick Campbell, Michael Carducci, Luke Charla, Chris Conley, Kesin Ryan Dehejia, Matt DiCicco, Alex Ewald, Nick Friedland, Andrew Garguilo, Ben Kahan, Connor LeBlanc, Tucker Leicht, Jake Levine, Dan Palmer, Will Payne, Max Plonsker, Ryan Rasor, Harrison Schreiber, Tommy Spero, James Torre, Matt Vaughn and Captains Will Arbo, Jason Bienstock, and Will Kirk. Head Coach Michael Chiapparelli.
Lauren Chapey, Katie DeVore, Lauren Shpiz, and Shari Rauls, 2016 National Champions