{"id":22356,"date":"2017-06-30T10:07:35","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T14:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=22356"},"modified":"2017-07-18T11:15:34","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T15:15:34","slug":"listen-community-matters-james-rensel-patrick-mclaughlin-and-todd-beckerink-discuss-annexation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/listen-community-matters-james-rensel-patrick-mclaughlin-and-todd-beckerink-discuss-annexation\/","title":{"rendered":"[LISTEN] Community Matters &#8211; James Rensel, Patrick McLaughlin and Todd Beckerink Discuss Annexation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/330902341&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=true&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/wrfaradio\/community-matters-james-rensel-patrick-mclaughlin-and-todd-beckerink-discuss-annexation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Originally airing Thursday, June 29, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>WRFA Public Affairs Director<strong> Jason Sample<\/strong> talks with Falconer Mayor <strong>James Rensel<\/strong>, Ellicott Town Supervisor <strong>Patrick McLaughlin<\/strong>, Falconer School Board President <strong>Todd Beckerink<\/strong>, and Falconer School Business Official <strong>Brent Agett<\/strong> to hear their concerns about the city of Jamestown&#8217;s effort to annex the <strong>Jamestown Board of Public Utilities<\/strong>&#8216; <strong>Dow St. Substation<\/strong> property, located in the Village of Falconer\/Town of Ellicott.<\/p>\n<p>The property has an assessed value of $7.86 million &#8211; which results in the BPU paying more than $360,000 in annual property taxes, much of which goes to the Falconer Schools, the Town of Ellicott, and the Village of Falconer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22357\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22357\" data-attachment-id=\"22357\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/listen-community-matters-james-rensel-patrick-mclaughlin-and-todd-beckerink-discuss-annexation\/wrfa-annexation\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/WRFA-Annexation.jpg?fit=590%2C249&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"590,249\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WRFA-Annexation\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Left to Right: Falconer School Board President Todd Beckerink, Ellicott Supervisor Patrick McLaughlin, and Falconer Mayor James Rensel&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/WRFA-Annexation.jpg?fit=300%2C127&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/WRFA-Annexation.jpg?fit=590%2C249&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22357\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/WRFA-Annexation.jpg?resize=590%2C249&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/WRFA-Annexation.jpg?w=590&amp;ssl=1 590w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/WRFA-Annexation.jpg?resize=300%2C127&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-22357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left to Right: Falconer School Board President Todd Beckerink, Ellicott Supervisor Patrick McLaughlin, and Falconer Mayor James Rensel<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<br>More Posts for Show: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/show\/community-matters\/#show-posts\">Community Matters<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN HERE Originally airing Thursday, June 29, 2017. 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