Putnam County Executive MaryEllen Odell will introduce the proposed budget for the coming year during a presentation tonight in Mahopac.  She says balancing the fiscal accountability to the taxpayers while meeting the social responsibilities to residents continues to be a priority. 

Odell called the proposal a roadmap to continue moving Putnam County in a positive direction, noting that Putnam County has the lowest portion of a tax bill of any county in New York State.  Moody’s has given the County a Aa2 bond rating.

She highlighed work over the past year to enhance the services available to Veterans and seniors, investments in the school resource officer program at the partnership law enforcement agencies and local nonprofits for the One Army in the War Against Addiction and Substance Abuse initiative to tackle addiction and the opioid epidemic.