Yonkers Insider Publisher Delfim Heusler interviews Westchester County Executive George Latimer on his Proposed Westchester County Budget.

I want to thank the Westchester County Executive George Latimer for doing an interview with Yonkers Insider.

The interview with the County Executive, wWe discussed his Proposed Westchester County Budget, which is now in the hands of the Westchester County Board of Legislators.

Some of the bullet points in his Proposed Westchester County Budget are the following: $20 million dollars in capital budget for Affordable Housing, . Nature Centers will now be open for seven days a week, an improvement, since now nature centers are now only opened five days a week.

It is a propsedproposed $2.1 Billion Dollar Budget with a. $1 Million Reduction in Property Tax Levy. According to County Executive that this is the first time in 9 years that this has happened and only the second time in 18 years has this happened in a Westchester County proposed Budget.

Also $10 million dollars go towards reserve fund from the budget. Last year the County put five million in the budget for the reserve fund.

Before Last year the County had 64 million in the reserve fund if this budget is passed intact, then the Ccounty of Westchester will have have 79 million dollars in the reserve fund.

Also in the proposed County Budget, the cost of child care parent contribution will be reduced from 27% to 25%. Also in the proposed budget there are no one-shots to finance the budget.  Also in the proposed Ccounty budget there is no borrowing to pay for operating expenses.

The County Executive said in the interview that the County is getting on better fiscal footing. Let's not forget that the County of Westchester wasgot downgraded by credit agencies in 2017 with AA1 Negative Outlook rating..

Also helping the County is the equalization of sales taxes in Westchester County.  Also successes for the Ccounty under County Executive Latimer is that Sprain Ridge Pool is open and also Miller House in White Plains has been reopened.

The County Executive stated it is all about cooperation. He stated in the interview that he works well with both sides of the aisle atin the Westchester County Board of Legislators.

He also stated clearly that there is no compromise on the Tax Cut in his budget proposal. The County Board will vote on the budget on December 9th.

The County Executive kept most of the County Commissioners from the previous administration. The County Executive said in the interview that the future of Westchester County is: Affordable Housing, Economic Development, Environmental protections and Human Rights.

The County Executive's mManagement sStyle is working as a team with people and he credits his administration's success with his team working with him in a cooperative way. He credits John Nonna, County Attorney, JoaneMcDonald, Director of Operations and Catherine Cioffi, Communications Director for helping provide real results for Westchester County.

In closing, I would personally like to thank the Westchester County Executive for putting me on the County's media list, so that I can receive Westchester County News and post it in my online Newspaper.

I would also like to thank The Westchester County Executive's Communications Director Catherine Cioffi also.

This Article is the sole view and opinion of Yonkers Insider.

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