MASSENA — The Massena Town Board has voted to eliminate all of its funding for the Business Development Corporation.
During Wednesday’s meeting, board members approved reducing the monetary amount given to the BDC to zero, which will be done through a budget amendment.
The Business Development Corporation had already been operating under decreased funding after the Massena Town Board agreed in March to reduce its funding from $75,000 to $40,000.
Executive Director James A. Murphy had requested and received $75,000 in funding for 2022 when he appeared before the Massena Town Board during its 2021 budget work session. He said that was a 25% reduction from the traditional funding from the town.
Since then, however, town board members said they hadn’t seen enough of a return on their investment to warrant…
