Town Board Meeting 3/7/24
New Paltz Town Board
March 7, 2024 –7:00 pm
Town Courthouse, 59 N. Putt Corners Road
and via videoconference
The meeting will also be live-streamed and available for later viewing at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/@newpaltzpublicaccess3635/streams
*PLEASE NOTE: Persons wishing to provide public comment can attend the meeting via Zoom or email clerk@townofnewpaltz.org. In the interest of time, we request that comments be kept to three minutes or less in length.
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Call to Order
Pledge of Allegiance
Approval of Agenda
Announcements
Public Input* (see note above)
- Executive Session
- Interview potential Recreation Director: Joseph Davis
- Authorization to accept Amy Donnelly’s resignation from the Zoning Board of Appeals effective immediately
- Interview potential Zoning Board of Appeals candidate: Jon Decker
- Consent Agenda
- Approval of minutes: Town Board, February 15, 2024
- Authorization to establish a Planning Board escrow in the amount of $3,000.00 with $750.00 replenishment for the wetland permit application of Jeffrey Arliss, 44 Rocky Hill Road, PB24-024
- Authorization to approve the updated Procurement Policy
- Authorization to hire Albert Bodie as a Municipal Worker II in the Building & Grounds Department, with a start date of March 24, 2024 at the union starting rate
- Authorization for the Supervisor to approve and sign the contract for the Town Clerk’s new copier Lease & Maintenance Agreement with Toshiba Business Solutions for a Toshiba e-STUDIO2528A in the amount of $83.08 per month for 63 months, a 5-year lease for $5,234.04 with the option to purchase Toshiba E-STUDIO2528A at the end of the 5 years.
- Authorization to approve the Agreement for Expenditure of Highway Money, pursuant to provisions of section 284 of Highway law, setting aside $132,021.83 to be expended for the primary work and general repairs upon 59.25 miles of Town highways, including sluices, and guide trails, including bridges having a span of more than 5’or renewals thereof – the following sums shall be set aside for permanent improvements:
- Plutarch Road – $448,040.00
- Old Tschirky Road – $45,000.00
- Sarafian Road – $47,000.00
- Authorization to approve the following 2023 Budget Modifications:
- Authorization to appoint Katie Hamill, Mischa Cohn, Evan Holland-Schepler, and Susan Denton to the Housing Smart Communities Initiative Committee
- Authorization to repeal Section 140-17, “Accessory Apartments” of Article III of Chapter 140, “Zoning” of the Code of the Town of New Paltz and to Replace It With A New Section 140-17, “Accessory Dwelling Units”, Local Law #1 of 2024
- Authorization to repeal Chapter 78, “Building Construction and Fire Prevention” of the Code of the Town of New Paltz and To Enact a New Chapter 78 “Building Construction and Fire Prevention” of the Code of the Town of New Paltz, Local Law #2 of 2024
- Authorization to adopt the Battery Energy Storage System Law pursuant to Article IX of the New York State Constitution, §2(c)(6) and (10), New York Statute of Local Governments, § 10 (1) and (7), Local Law #3 of 2024
- Authorization to approve the Resolution of the Town Board of New Paltz in support of S89 (Ryan)/A351 Bronson), preventing IDAs from Abating School District Taxes
- Authorization to vote on filling the vacant Town Board seat
- Authorization to approve phase 2 Wallkill Valley Land Trust, Inc. Rail Trail Interpretive Signage
- Motion to approve hourly rates of consultants to finish overlay zoning project
- Authorization to add Maria Pastrana-Mucito to our M&T online banking and NYCLASS investment accounts
- Authorization to accept Arlene Weber’s resignation as Municipal Bookkeeper, effect end of business day, April 5, 2024
- Items added to the agenda since the original posting
Adjourn