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Irondequoit senior center move referendum (2009)

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An Irondequoit senior center move referendum took place on February 24, 2009 in Monroe County, New York in the town of Irondequoit.[1] The measure was defeated.[2]

  • Yes: 2,205 (43.9%)
  • No: 2,819 (56.1%)Defeatedd

At issue was whether to move the Irondequoit Senior Recreation Center from 154 Pinegrove Avenue to the Kings Park office complex at 100 Kings Highway South. The town board was in favor of the move, but local residents who opposed the move collected signatures under the state's Permissive Referendum laws, thus forcing the decision to the ballot.

Thirty-eight petitioners gathered 1,952 signatures.

Greg Devlin and Richard Barone helped circulate petitions. They were concerned that the vote on the question would only take place in one location and that the wording that appeared on the ballot didn't disclose that the new location would cost more than $4 additional charge per square foot of the space leased, versus the existing location.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Irondequoit Post, "Proposed senior center move in the public’s hands," January 26, 2009
  2. ↑ Irondequoit Post, "Back to the drawing board on Irondequoit's senior center," February 24, 2009
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