In what has become a typical 11th hour scramble, the Southampton Town Board introduced 35-pages of amendments to the 2013 operating budget just hours before the budget was scheduled to be adopted on Tuesday, the last day the budget could be approved under state law.
The amendments, most of them offered with the support of both Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst and the Town Council’s Republican-Conservative majority, restore funding for several positions that had been eliminated in Ms. Throne-Holst’s original budget proposal, eliminate two longtime employees’ positions and fund the hiring of two new full-time Town Police officers.
The board will lay off Assistant Planning Administrator Freda Eisenberg and Grant Coordinator Karen Johnson.
“It’s regretful that Freda is not included in this budget, but it frees up funds to restructure the land management department a... more
The amendments, most of them offered with the support of both Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst and the Town Council’s Republican-Conservative majority, restore funding for several positions that had been eliminated in Ms. Throne-Holst’s original budget proposal, eliminate two longtime employees’ positions and fund the hiring of two new full-time Town Police officers.
The board will lay off Assistant Planning Administrator Freda Eisenberg and Grant Coordinator Karen Johnson.
“It’s regretful that Freda is not included in this budget, but it frees up funds to restructure the land management department a... more



Nov 20, 2012 12:17 PM






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