Would Someone Please Pull The Budget Officer Out From Under The Bus He Keeps Getting Thrown Under?

Let me first say I am a little flattered by being quoted/picked up by our

local Copake Chronicle in the last two weeks. Yes in my post “the

gentleman doth protest too much methinks” I point out that the most vocal

individual in the audience may be partially responsibility for the town

being $20,000 in the red due to a misquote or miscommunication in regard

to the town’s health insurance costs. After all, the gentleman is the

town Budget Officer and the Deputy Supervisor, and in an earlier town

meeting he made it appeared that he had negotiated with our insurance

provider at some point. But, and this is a big but, the bottom line is

that the responsibility comes down to the individual members of our Town

Board. I cannot find in the record any member of the Town Board making

any objection to the terms of this Insurance policy, during the budget

meetings. They place the insurance in the budget, therefore they are the

responsible parties.

Let me pose this question to every single one of our Town Board members,

did you review the terms of our town insurance policy? Did you accept or

object to the written quote provided to you by our insurance provider?

All variables of the coverage must have been documented in a written

agreement, right? What say you Mr. Crowley, Mr. Sacks, Ms Gabaccia, Mr.

Tompkins or Mr. Kiernan?

Gerard M.