He did not see a cost benefit in consolidation and felt that through sharing resources costs are contained. He did concede that the village did not have sufficient resources to buy all the equipment it might need, for example he said the village does nit have a back hoe and it would be helpful if they could use county equipment like this from time to time. He added that the village would benefit from additional financial assistance from the county such as a greater level of sales tax support or cash infusions. Charlie Ride, Supervisor of Cato, stated that people in Cato are happy with the organization of the government, so there was no need to change it. The combination of towns would add to the problem of organization of meeting, etc.
Combination also requires a full time employee to manage.
Peg Sweetman, Village of Cato Planning Board, felt that consolidation pushes aside local input. She felt that cooperation was already occurring through a local representative at county planning boards. Lucille Crane, Victory Supervisor, voiced concern that the personal touch of small town government would be lost. Dave Connelly raised the question of what is best for the county, not just the town. Also, he asked, if it offers a competitive market, but this question was not answered.