Warren County Shared Services
Property Tax Savings Plan

   

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September 12, 2018

Existing Shared Services

Warren County shares many services with other counties…

Office for the Aging (with Hamilton Co.)
Mental Health department (with Washington Co.)
DA’s Drug Task Force (with Washington Co.)
Industrial Development Association (with Washington Co.)
Fire Training Center (with Washington Co.)
Developing support services for veterans (with Washington Co.)
MEGA energy purchasing cooperative (electricity & gas), which
includes counties and municipalities all around the state
– Safety training classes taught by our Self Insurance Dept. are offered
to officials from other counties and municipalities
– Children’s Services provided by DSS
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 Existing Shared Services

Warren County shares services with its municipalities…
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Shared highway maintenance services with most municipalities
Shared purchasing with municipalities (and soon with fire districts)
Workers Compensation pool shared with most municipalities
Centralized Civil Service, which serves all municipalities and schools
Shared fuel farms with towns, city, village and non-profits
Planning & GIS services
Code Enforcement services
Public Health training, certification, education and outreach
Emergency Services resources, guidance and review of plans
Countywide Marine and Tech rescue teams
Public Safety dispatching (with Glens Falls)
Charles R. Wood Park and Festival Commons (with v/o Lake George)

 Existing Shared Services

Shared Services with school districts…

– Sheriff’s Department School Resource Officers
– SUNY Adirondack, Queensbury and Glens Falls school districts
collaborate in the Early College Career Academy
– Glens Falls and Queensbury school districts share recreation programs,
transportation and facilities
– Health Insurance Consortium with BOCES
– Warren County is also investigating purchasing cooperatives with
BOCES and local school districts

 Existing Shared Services

Shared Services between municipalities…
– Warrensburg and Chester share an Assessor
– Bolton and Horicon share an Assessor

– The Town and Village of Lake George share: an Assessor, Code
Enforcement Officer, Police & Justice Court, Court Clerk, meter
enforcement & maintenance, mowing & landscaping, fire protection,
sewage treatment, water supply maintenance, occupancy tax
administration, a fuel depot, lifeguards, maintenance of public
restrooms
– Lake Luzerne shares services with the Town of Hadley, Saratoga County

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New Initiatives:
Information Technology
• IT Advisory Services (County + 11 municipalities)
• IT Purchasing Services (County + 11 municipalities)
• Utilization of County Anti-Virus Pricing (County + 8
municipalities)

 New Initiatives: DPW-Related
• DPW Engineering Services (County + 9 municipalities)
• Equipment Sharing via Purchasing Department’s Web Platform
(County + 10 municipalities)
• Joint Bid for Landscaping/Mowing (4 municipalities)

 Other New Initiatives
• Community Liaison for Local Tourism Promotion (County + 7
municipalities)
• Smart Street Lighting NY Initiative (12 municipalities)
• Shared Contract for Credit Card Security Services (7
municipalities)

 2018 Local Government
Property Taxes
County, Cities, Towns and Villages:
Special Districts:
School Districts:
Total:

$64,862,988 (38%)
$3,591,823 (2%)
$101,895,313 (60%)
$170,350,124

 2018 Participating Entities?
Property Taxes

$65,159,247

Total Anticipated Savings

2019: $701,432
2020: $973,087

Annually Thereafter: $1,053,929

Savings as Percentage of 2018 Taxes

2019: 1.08%
2020: 1.49%

1.62%

Anticipated Savings to ?Average Taxpayer?

2019: $15.62
2020: $21.67

$23.47

Anticipated Effect on Property Taxes

2019: +0.40%
2020: +0.01%

Annually Thereafter: -0.08%