At the risk of being called a Wally sycophant one more time, one of the, if not the biggest impediments to business development in NYS is the taxes. One of the major reasons for high taxes is too many layers of government which has lead to high amounts of pensions for a huge number of government workers. The Supervisor was not against proper staffing of the Code Enforcement office, rather, pushed for an efficient staffing of the office by hiring a part time, rather than a full time, assistant. As it is, there will now be another employee receiving full time benefits and eventually vest in a pension. The Supervisor was attempting to avoid this thus decreasing the tax burden. The same with the Building and Plumbing inspector.
In addition to this, Meegan and Clarke also hire additional employees in sanitation and buildings and grounds, which we have discussed here. As I have stated, I believe these hires had more to do with pandering to town employees, securing the democratic endorsements, as many employees are committeman, and encouraging their support for the election. This is not good goverment practice and when they can simply out vote the Supervisor, it is unfair to say the buck stops with him. If he is considered the chief operating and finance officer, the other council members should be following his lead, listening to and considering his recommendations rather than use his proposals as opporunities to shamelessly grandstand as they have done.