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Residents urge living wages, food-pantry support and better cell service; senior exemption debate continues
Summary
During public-comment periods, residents urged the board to adopt a living wage for town employees, to formally support the town food pantry, to pursue better cell-phone coverage for safety, and to reconsider senior tax-exemption policy; the board acknowledged the concerns and outlined next steps for each.
Several residents used the public-comment period at the Dec. 1 Clinton Town Board meeting to press the board on social and service issues.
Living wage: Rich Morris, of Hollow Road, asked the town to begin paying a living wage to all employees and criticized the terms of the upcoming union contract for not improving starting wages sufficiently. Morris said a $20 hourly starting wage “can’t afford to live in Clinton” and added he would be “proud to have my taxes raised to go towards that paying the living wage.” Board members acknowledged the comment but did not revise the contract during the meeting.
Food pantry: Morris and Lou Anne Panarotti, pastor of Pleasant Plains…
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