Yates, Schuyler will share new highway job

Jan 27, 2015 at 11:54 pm by Observer-Review


Yates, Schuyler will share new highway job

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Yates, Schuyler will share new highway job

YATES, SCHUYLER COUNTIES--Following a recent agreement to share a weights and measures director position, Yates and Schuyler Counties are now looking at sharing a highway superintendent. The Schuyler County Legislature voted Tuesday, Jan. 27 during a special meeting to share the position with Yates, while Yates will vote on the measure Thursday, Jan. 29 during a special meeting.
Yates County Highway Superintendent David Hartman will serve both counties at a $87,000 salary in 2015. Yates County Administrator Sarah Purdy said Hartman will have to assume all the responsibilities that go along with being Schuyler County's highway superintendent, while Yates County Deputy Highway Superintendent Craig Prior will receive an additional $5,000 to assume more responsibilities in Yates.
The counties came to this decision following preliminary reports from a shared services study from the Center of Governmental Research (CGR). The study has outlined certain areas the two counties can work together in order to reduce costs. Schuyler County Administrator Tim O'Hearn had previously indicated they were looking at potentially sharing a highway superintendent with Yates shortly after approving the sharing of Clifford Boyce with Yates as weights and measures director earlier this month. Schuyler County Highway Superintendent Greg Mathews had previously announced his resignation from the position earlier during a meeting of the legislature.
Purdy said Schuyler will pay Yates $50,000 on an annual basis, adding the savings to Yates for 2015 will be approximately $44,500.
The shared service is part of an intermunicipal agreement between Yates and Schuyler Counties approved during the Tuesday meeting. The legislature also approved a resolution requesting the New York State Legislature allows Yates and Schuyler to share the highway superintendent position. Additional compensation for the deputy highway superintendent was also approved.

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