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Gates Supervisor

The Supervisor is the Chief Executive Officer of the Town, and is head of the administrative branch of town government. The Supervisor also serves as one of the members of the Town Board and presides over all meetings of the Town Board. The Supervisor is responsible for the general administration of Town government, law enforcement and for fiscal administration of the Town. The Supervisor represents the Town at a variety of official and community functions. The Gates Supervisor is elected to a two year term.

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    Nick Coffee
    (WF)

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    Silvano D Orsi
    (WF)

Biographical Information

What experience do you bring that makes you uniquely qualified to serve as our Town Supervisor?

What do you think our town's priorities should be?

What is one major improvement you would like to see for our town? Please describe how you would accomplish it.

What changes in town zoning ordinances and/or regulations would you like to see, if any?

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Profession Business Owner/Lawyer
Management and legal experience as an in-house lawyer, and senior telecommunications executive in both the US and Europe. Recently awarded Knighthood by the Italian Royal House of Bourbon Two-Sicilies for dedicated service to the community and for promoting the Roman Catholic Faith and Italian American culture, as founder of Rochester's historic Little Italy Neighborhood and the very popular Little Italy Festival. 10th Annual this year! August 15th- at Ontario Beach Park.
1. Improve Town Services. 2. Keep Taxes Affordable 3. Reduce unnecessary over-development of the town. 4. Improve communucation and transparency. 5. Preserve Woodlands. Wildlife habitat, parks, and green spaces.
Must attract big name retailers like Target, TJMaxx and others to generate more tax revenue and fill our many empty plazas.
I'd like to see the constant misuse of zoning changes for new developments stop. I prefer managed development.