Although transfer stations have been restored in the county budget, residents continued to give members of the Washington County Board of Supervisors an earful about trash during a public hearing on Nov. 12. Since the closure of the county transfer stations was proposed last month as a part of an effort to reduce a [...]
Village board meeting
The Whitehall village board talked about the following issues at its Nov. 15 meeting: -The board put on file several applications for the position of deputy village clerk. -The board set a public hearing for the new cable company contract for their next board meeting at 5:59 p.m. -Bids are going out to do work [...]
Whitehall tax rate up 13-percent
The news did not get any better for the Whitehall town budget in the past week. At the public hearing on the preliminary 2011 spending plan on Nov. 4, town budget officer Kathy Jones said there was an increase to the tax rate due to new figures. “We got new information about retirement figures,” said [...]
Current budget figures
The town of Whitehall presented their latest version of the 2011 budget on Thursday, Nov. 4 as part of the annual public hearing on the spending plan. Budget officer Kathy Jones said that due to new information, the tax rate increase had jumped from a 12.44-percent increase to a 13.61-percent increase, which is almost identical [...]
County Meeting / 2011 Budget Hearing
County Meeting / 2011 Budget Hearing The monthly meeting of the Washington County Board of Supervisors is now scheduled for Nov. 12 beginning at 10 a.m. Immediately after starting the meeting the board will hold the public hearing regarding the 2011 tentative budget at 10:05 a.m. welcoming members of the public to comment on the [...]
Town budget meetings scheduled
The town of Whitehall has scheduled a pair of meetings in order to prepare the 2011 town budget. Due to scheduling conflicts, the budget meeting that was planned for Friday, Oct. 29 at 1 p.m. in now taking place on Saturday, Oct. 30 at 10:30 a.m. at the Pavilion town offices. This is a basic [...]
Granville Levy to drop 10 percent
Fire protection increase included The Granville Town Board Tuesday night approved the 2011 budget, a measure that will drop the town’s tax levy by 10 percent. Following a public hearing where the focus of discussion was Dan Boone, the town’s sole assessor, the board voted unanimously to approve the budget. Town budget officer Joel [...]
Town working out ‘kinks’ to finalize budget process
The Whitehall town spending plan for 2010 has been approved, but final “tweaks” are being made before the plan is submitted to the county by the Nov. 20 deadline.






