A message from the desk of mayor: Mark-Paul Serafin

Dear Residents of Manlius,

From time to time it is appropriate that I report to you about the activities of your Village

government that I have the honor of leading. Now is such a time.

Our country is still in a severe recession and the financial resources available to

accomplish the mission of our Village government are uncertain. This requires an

innovative, but careful, approach in the immediate future. In the face of these

uncertainties, we have avoided a tax increase while still vigorously pursuing several

important initiatives. The renovation of the Swan Pond is about to enter its next phase.

Two exciting commercial developments, Village Walk and Madison Row, are

proceeding. We are on track for the acquisition of property for our Early Village

Bicentennial Park, and important concerns of the fire department are in the process of

being addressed. Your village government has been successful in trying to do more with

less in advancing the quality of life in our village. To that end, our village elected

officials, appointed committee/board members, employees, as well as volunteers deserve

our support gratitude and thanks.

I believe these are extraordinary times that offer extraordinary opportunity during which

those given the public trust must be especially faithful to working together for the

common good, to flexibility and compromise to achieve consensus, and to putting the

needs of the many ahead of personal agendas.

Some individuals may thrive in being bombastic and in "gotcha" politics... Now,

however, such behavior is corrosive and jeopardizes rather than enhances the common

good.

As we approach our Bicentennial, please join me in advancing the causes of interest to all

of us.

Enjoy this magnificent weather as we wind up Summer and look forward to Fall!

Excelsior!

Click here for the Mayor's remembrance of Arkie Albanese

Click here for updates on Manlius tax update information.

Click here for a view of the 2010-2011 Village Budget

The Mayor and Senator Schumer Unite in FEMA Flood Map Appeal. Click here for the full story.

The Mayor's Remembrance of Lena Horne. Click here for more.

May 24, 1980 - The Mayor looks back on the 30th anniversary of his graduation from RIT. See his personal reflection here.