EXISTING COMMUNITY COMPENSATION

To date, the Authority has purchased 1,039 acres.

As provided under New York State Law, and as done for other jurisdictions when the Authority owns property, the Authority has made payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTS) to the Town of Ava and Oneida County for the real property taxes. The payment by the Authority exceeds the payments by the prior private owners by approximately 84%. Therefore, the Town and the County have seen no loss of tax revenue due to the proposed landfill.

The Authority has offered to discuss a payment to the Adirondack Central School as part of a community compensation agreement that would also insure no loss of revenue to the school district.

FUTURE COMMUNITY COMPENSATION

The Authority has offered to meet with representatives of the Towns of Ava. Boonville, and Lewis and the Village of Boonville to discuss additional community benefit packages, which to date have been declined by all of the local communities.

Components of a community benefits plan could include:

• Payment per ton to the Town of Ava for waste that will be disposed of in the landfill.
• Purchase of new emergency equipment for the West Leyden Volunteer Fire Department which provides fire and EMS service in the areas of the landfill.
• Funding of a Level III EMT during the Mon-Fri landfill operating hours to supplement the current EMS staff of the West Leyden Fire Department.
• Contracts with the Town of Ava for support services for the landfill such as snowplowing and sanding the access road to the landfill.
• Program for monitoring neighboring residential wells during the operation and post closure monitoring of the landfill
• Property Value Protection Program for property owners in the vicinity of the landfill
• Program for environmental reporting to the local municipality(s)
• Construction of an environmental education center