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Trustees say merger could reduce duplicated accounting and auditing costs, residents ask about grants
Summary
Officials told the Feb. 17 hearing consolidation would cut administrative duplication and may lower auditing costs (cited at about $40,000), while residents asked whether grants tied to Village status would be affected.
At the public hearing Village and Town officials framed one motivation for the proposed merger as administrative efficiency. Town/Village Manager Penny Wu said auditors now maintain two sets of books and that consolidating accounting could reduce redundancy and staff workload.
Penny Wu told the meeting the audit workload is significant: "the auditors now have 2 sets of books to audit and it costs about $40,000." Resident Kathy Grant asked specifically whether certain grants the Village currently obtains would be lost under a merged municipal structure. Trustee Justin Hyjek said the Town has hired a grant coordinator and that the merged entity would be better positioned to pursue grants and awards, but no definitive list of program‑level impacts was provided at the hearing.
