Perhaps the administration responsible for this mess should be replaced. Taxpayers would be appalled if they knew what was going on down there I know I am!

If the county wants to save money, start in the Public Safety Office, theres waste there everday. This is how,
#1 -The County has a Director of Public Safety making $83,032 plus benefits, a Company Vehicle(Ford Explorer
#2- There is a Deputy Director postion(only Deputy Director position left in the County) making $62,299 plus benefits,NO Company Car
#3- There is a Communications Center Supervisor making $61,285 plus benefits, and a Company Car(Ford Work Truck) - he oversees the radio equipment, radio towers and the 911 center
#4 Deputy Emergency Manager making $5,000 plus mileage, this person is the right hand man for the Director. No Company Car
#5- EMS Coordinator making $7,500 and a Company Car (Chevy Tahoe)
#6 Fire Coordinator making $12,500 and a Company Car(Ford Explorer)
#7 Haz-Mat Coordinator making $15,482 and mileage, and is the go to guy for grants and whatever other dirty work the Directors need done.

So with that said, is there a real need to have a Deputy Director who is supposed to oversee the 911 center operations and equipment when there is a Comm Center Supervisor that does the same thing with almost the same salaries?
Does the County need a Deputy Emergency Manager when there is a Fire Coordinator and an EMS Coordinator and "Volunteer" deputy Coordinators involved?
Does the Fire and EMS Coordinator who have an all-expense paid vehicle need to be getting paid a combine $20,000 in salaries? FYI- There is close to 2 dozen "volunteer" Coordinators that get barely anything more than mileage for their work.
The Haz-Mat Coordinator spends about 10% of his time actually doing Haz-Mat, the other 90% is non Haz-Mat work (ordering supplies, writing grants, chatting with staff when he has nothing to do)

There is a half a million dollar Mobile Communications Vehicle that is close to 5 years old and still isnt anywhere near being 100% complete, that sits in the parking lot collecting dust and costing taxpayers for repairs and preventive maintenance. With the lack of training on the vehicle (last time was December of 2010) 15 or so members of the 911 staff resigned due to the lack of training for the vehicle. The other Mobile Command vehicle has bad tires, and also sits in parking lot and collects dust and costs taxpayer money for repairs and preventive maintanance. Heres an idea, get rid of them! Sell them and keep open Senior Centers.

So if you look at the numbers, theres over $100,000plus that could be saved.

The scary thing is... all the blatant waste and unecessary spending you listed is just the very tip of the ICEBERG when it comes to waste in NY state.

If NY state was able to list all its redundant jobs and positions and whittle them away, our taxes could drop and we wouldn't be the 2nd highest taxed state in the country.

So as the New Year starts, once again the employees are getting the shaft. The Labor Agreement between CSEA and the County had a section for Sick Leave Incentive, that incentive was written that if an employee didn't call in sick for the entire year they would receive a $1000, if you called in once $500, and $250 for 2 days used, and $0 if more than 2. The incentive was to expire at the end of the year, but the County and CSEA were "going to" re-sign an agreement to continue the Sick Leave Incentive. BUT, the first of the year came and gone with no formal agreement, now the management is blaming the union and the union is blaming the county for not having an agreement. They both have had 12 MONTHS to re-up the incentive. So with that being said, neither side has come to an agreement, employees that were looking foward to the incentive money are upset, more than likely not going to get anything. Once again the mismanagment of the Bureau of Public Safety has struck again. Morale is getting lower and lower, employees are trying to do the best they can, but nothing will change until the people on 7th Ave change.