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County Chopping Block

By DON MATHISEN • for AllOTSEGO.com

COOPERSTOWN – The county Board of Representatives is on track to cut 19 full-time and 7 part-time employees, slash some services and raise property taxes by about $100,000.

That’s according to county Treasurer Dan Crowell and county Rep. Don Lindberg, R-Worcester, who chairs the Budget Review Committee.

“The committee has identified departments, dollar amounts and in some cases the number of positions to be cut,” said Crowell. “The committee is communicating with department heads to find the most efficient way to make the cuts with the lest negative impact on services.”

The job reductions, if approved by the full Board of Representatives, will save the county about $1.2 million.

In other measures to close the $4.2 million gap “we voted to keep all the bed tax money,” said Lindberg.