Brockport's mayor, alone, still pushing for dissolution of Village

According to a story in the Suburban News on 01/27/13 written by Kristina Gabalski Brockport Mayor, M. Connie Castaneda still is pushing for dissolution of the Village of Brockport, and the other Trustees are having no part of it.

Gabalski quotes Trustee Carol Hannan as saying: “Dissolve the village is all you’ve wanted to do,”

Gabalski quotes Trustee Margay Blackman as saying:  “A decisive majority voted not to dissolve.”

Gabalski goes on to write in her piece: "Trustee Kent Blair noted that the village has come a long way to a more stable financial situation since the 2010 dissolution vote.

None of the trustees seconded the mayor’s motion."

Castaneda's term as Mayor of Brockport is up in June, 2013.

Editor's note: The referendum on dissolution was decisively defeated in June of 2010. Since that time the trust between the Village of Brockport and the Town of Sweden has deteriorated even further with the Town's change in ambulance contract from the Brockport Volunteer Ambulance Corps to Monroe Ambulance essentially destroying the BVAC. Further, the Town of Sweden advocated for the creation of a Fire District which is another layer of government which has entailed a significant increase in taxes for Village of Brockport and Town of Sweden residents. Based on policy development and  performance it appears that faith in Town government is not well placed while the Village of Brockport Trustees have done a much better job of managing Village affairs. Based on what has happened the last two years, the mayor's effort to study consolidation is more misguided than ever.