The Winter 2019 Town of DeWitt newsletter arrived in town mailboxes earlier this month with an expansive focus on business, budgets and building community.
Town Supervisor Ed Michalenko’s “Message” verifies an incremental .08 percent tax increase for 2019 –the 11th consecutive year the Town of DeWitt has remained within Governor Cuomo’s tax cap.
“Careful budgeting and planning, on-going consolidation and labor management, and significant grants acquisitions have allowed us to continue to ‘build community’ within the town while passing on only minimal tax increases,” said Michalenko. “Synergistic partnerships with our town business community, four of whom are featured right in this newsletter, as well as the cooperation and commitment of our residents and town staff makes all the difference in what we can accomplish in DeWitt without significant tax increases.”
This year’s town tax increase represents just .04 cents per $1,000 of valuation.
The newsletter includes a special section about the Carrier Park recreation complex and highlights why “Doing business in DeWitt is good for business.”
Four town businesses are featured: Dupli Envelope & Graphics, Feldmeier Equipment, Inc., Inficon and Byrne Ultra Dairy.
“Robust, profitable businesses support the strength of our tax base, which in turn supports the value of our homes and the quality of our town services,” said Michalenko. “Feldmeier, Byrne, Dupli and Inficon are valued members of our DeWitt business community and we’ve worked hard to partner with them; we also stay in close touch with management at Carrier, Bristol and Shoppingtown in order to provide what we can to help keep these businesses in DeWitt.”
The Town’s Fall newsletter called attention to the Town Board’s June 2018 resolution, “In Opposition to the Forcible Separation of Immigrant Families,” in the Winter 2019 newsletter by addressing the Tree of Life synagogue shooting this past November in Pittsburg.
“The board feels strongly that a key component of ‘building community’ is that we address, rather than ignore, events in the broader society,” said Michalenko. “That includes condemning violence, which is why we passed a resolution addressing the tragic shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburg.”
The resolution, said Michalenko, was “beautifully written by Town Board member Sam Young; it calls upon local, state and federal officials to work together to create and support wise gun control legislation. I hope the community will read the resolution in the newsletter or online.”
