Johnson City summary:

The Johnson City study/plan is unusual in that it predicts a savings on village property taxes of 29.8% with almost no impact on TOV taxes (they are actually projected to decrease slightly).  It does this by making sharp reductions in the overall spending by the combined town/village.

Almost all of the projected savings come from cutting personnel. 

 

Govn't function	Johnson City funded	Positions created by plan	Net reduction
General govnt*	6	1.5	4.5
Police	43.5 (39 Uniformed+ 4FT civilians +several PT civilians	23.5 (21 Uniformed + 2.5 civilians	20+ (18 Uniformed + 2 civilian + several PT civilian
Fire	35 (34 Uniformed + 1 civilian)	30.5 (28 Line, 1.5 Command, .5 Inspector, .5 Clerk	Aprox. 4.5
Public Works	42	39	3
Estimated Total	126.5	94.5	32

(*This does not include elimination of the mayor and four village trustees.)

Of a projected total savings of $4,600,000 upon dissolution, 49% of this would be due to elimination of police personnel ($2,251,000).  The police force is about cut in half.

Likewise, most of the remaining savings is due to reduction of Fire, Public Works, and General Government personnel.

Besides reduction of personnel numbers, the plan also accounts for the lower pay that is given to town employees compared to village employees.

Somewhat buried in the report is the plan to eliminate the economic development office and the part time village administrator.  The plan does not anticipate changing the town supervisor part time position.  It seems unlikely, to me, that a part time supervisor will be able to adequately handle the greatly increased work load that comes with village administration and economic development responsibilities, compounded by elimination of an administrators position.

The study does not consider land use or planning.