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Good Monday Afternoon, Who is paying the $19,500 owed in property taxes at Tilly Foster Farm? That's a good question which Legislator Dan Birmingham would like an answer to. In a three page memo dated today, Legislator Birmingham asks County Executive Bondi this very question and lays out the properties that are taxable and hopes that you and I will not be picking up the tab. The three properties are: 56.-1-20.3 The Cottage - assessed at $375,000 56.-1-32.1 The rental house - assessed at $250,000 56.-1-20.4 The Country Store - assessed at $100,000 Each of these taxable parcels are being used by Preserve Putnam as income generating facilities and hold a combined property tax liability of somewhere around $19,500... or so. Mr. Birmingham writes in part: If I recall during these many public discussions [on the contract] , the County was assured by Preserve Putnam on numerous occasions that Tilly Foster Farm would be "self sufficient" and that the cost of the operations of Tilly Foster Farm would be borne exclusively by Preserve Putnam I certainly hope that you would agree with me that this tax liability should not be paid for by the taxpayers of Putnam County. I would hope that when the tax bills are sent to the County (as legal owner of these parcels) that such bills would be hastily forwarded to Preserve Putnam for its prompt payment. You can read the full memo here. http://www.planputnam.org/ntm/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/birmingham_bondi_memo.pdf	Sign up to have News That Matters Delivered to your email inbox! Email: News That Matters on Facebook Support Our Sponsors TaconicArts.com Interior/Exterior House Painting by someone you can trust. (845) 225-2104 jeff@taconicarts.com Brown Ink Commercial Printing 600 Horsepound Road, Kent Lakes, NY 10512 (845) 225-0177 Greg Brown Joe Greico's Out On A Limb All types of tree work, all aspects of lawn maintenance, snow plowing and more! 82 Hortontown Rd. Kent Cliffs, NY 10512 greico@verizon.net T- (914)224-3049 F- (845)231-0815 Chuckie Goodnight Foundation To educate children on how to be good stewards of the earth. Chris Casaburi Photographer (845) 531-2358 Casaburi.com One Click ButterCutter A Putnam County Owned Business Enterprise Town of Kent Conservation Advisory Committee Explore the outdoors in the Town of Kent, New York
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