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Highlights from the January Town Board meeting:
- The Town will be updating the Comprehensive Plan. This is important, and I will make a separate post about it.
- Legislator Reed Cleland announced a community meeting about Micron and what it may mean for our area, January 20th at 4pm at the CNY Living History Center, and a second public meeting January 22nd at 8am to discuss a county occupancy tax.
- County Legislature Chairman Kevin Fitch discussed an initiative to work with surrounding counties on cost saving initiatives, and spoke about a broadband project which the county will own and oversee.
- Supervisor Park recapped 2025. The recap was handed out and you can find it here.
- Supervisor Park went over 2026 goals. One of these is forming a committee to develop the new Comprehensive Plan. You can find the handout here.
Official Minutes Click Here
County Legislator Reed Cleland gave an update during Privilege of the Floor. Reed will be holding a district meeting Monday, December 15, at 6:30pm at Center for the Arts.
Frank Davi demonstrated the new town website - Link . The website looks good, and the clerks can edit it. The documents for this meeting were posted on the website in advance. Well done!
Kyle Bean (Highway Superintendent), Branden Brown (Councilperson), and Kevin Williams (Councilperson) sworn in.
Instead of purchasing one or two new trailers, the existing trailers will be restored. The cost will be around $10,000 for the larger, not sure about the smaller. Estimates for a new large trailer were between $22k-$42k.
Town Historian Martin Sweeney gave his annual report, and has been very busy!
There will be a public hearing before the January meeting about a local law to enforce parking regulations at Town Hall.
There have been a few change orders for the Town Hall lower level renovations, due to conditions encountered during construction. The costs fall within the approved contingency, and Supervisor Park feels that the project will not go over budget. The project is running a bit behind schedule.
The Personnel Policy has been updated to reflect the discontinuance of health insurance benefits for part time town employees.
Recent Board Meeting Info