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Shared service pact off the table for Salina, Geddes Plans for a shared service comptroller agreement between the towns of Salina and Geddes have come to a halt. Geddes Town Supervisor Manny Falcone said dissent over the comptroller’s pay forced him to remove the agreement vote from the March 8 town board
State of the County covers consolidation, green initiatives, spending reform Coping with disability CBA senior promotes awareness about participating in sports from a wheelchair. ...See page 6
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agenda. The decision to remove the agenda item came Friday, after Falcone said he realized there would not be enough “yes” votes from the six town councilors for the comptroller agreement to have it pass. “It’s frustrating, because I am fully on board with the agreement,” said Falcone. He would not say which councilors disagreed with sharing their comptroller with Salina. The Salina Town Board passed the comptroller agreement with a unanimous vote from the four town councilors and Supervisor Mark Nicotra on Feb. 28. Under the terms of the agreement, Geddes Please see Comptroller, page 17
CNS girls land third straight sectional hoops title
editor@theeaglecny.com In delivering her 2011 State of the County address Tuesday March 1, Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney proclaimed, “we are coming out of this recession stronger than we went in.” Mahoney cited a list of consolidation efforts among county, city, village and town governments, including a shared municipal purchasing department that 23 municipalities are interested in joining. From the stage at West Genesee High School in Camillus, Mahoney commended the West Genesee Central School District employees for their cooperation in voluntarily accepting a pay freeze to avoid teacher layoffs. She also pointed to the towns of Geddes, Salina and Skaneateles, as well as the village of Elbridge, for their efforts to reduce government by eliminating redundancies. Mahoney credited the revised sales tax sharing agreement, unanimously adopted by the County Legislature in 2010, for
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The Northstars U-13 boys’ soccer team recently won the US National Indoor Championships in Sterling, VA, for their age group. The boys competed against teams from Salisbury, MD; Toledo, OH; and Kalamazoo, MI. The team finished the qualifying round with a 2-1 record and competed against Kazoo United from Kalamazoo for the championship. The Northstars won the championship game 5-4 in overtime. All of the boys who competed are residents of the North Syracuse School District. The Northstars U-13 team includes, front row: Matthew Corapi, Matthew Pike, Patrick O’Donnell, Brad Wixson and Matthew Siegel. Back row: Coach Marcus DeBottis, Nick Miller, Nick Bitz, Jake Dinger, Evan Gakeler, Kyle Tracy, Austin Mizell, Tom O’Connor, Jonathan Magill and Assitant Dan DeBottis.
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County Executive Joanie Mahoney pushing municipalities to look for modern, streamlined way of functioning with smaller budgets. “This is exactly what we hoped the new sales tax agreement would accomplish,” Mahoney said. Mahoney also announced the county will enter into negotiations with SUNY Please see Mahoney, page 17
Both at the beginning, and then at the end, no one in the Section III Class AA ranks would push the Cicero-North Syracuse girls basketball team as much as Utica Proctor. In an echo of their Dec. 12 clash in the finals of Proctor’s season-opening tournament, the Northstars and Raiders squared off again Sunday night in the AA final at Utica Memorial Auditorium, and it took all kinds of hard work for CNS to emerge with a 52-38 victory and its third consecutive sectional championship.
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Amid a string of turnovers and other uneven moments, CNS prevailed because it has more contributions from more players than the Raiders - a key difference from the 2009 and 2010 title teams that, at times, leaned so much on Breanna Stewart to make things happen. “The kids have stepped up,” said head coach Eric Smith. “They’re a very unselfish group. Given the opportunity, they knocked down some shots, and it gave them some confidence.” Of course, the game’s Please see Sectional title, page 23
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