Town Board Meeting 3/21/24

 New Paltz Town Board
March 21, 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)

1. Interview potential Zoning Board of Appeals Member: Fawn Tantillo
2. EnCB Annual Report Presentation
3. Discuss Volunteer Sign-Up Committee
4. Consent Agenda
   1. Approval of minutes: Town Board, March 7, 2024
   2. Authorization to establish a Planning Board Escrow in the amount of $8,000.00 with $2,000.00 replishment for the subdivision application of Sharad Deedwaniya, 203 S. Ohioville Road, PB24-038
   3. Authorization to wave 30-day hold on Pasquale’s new liquor license application
   4. Authorization to refund the remaining escrow balance of $370.00 due to Jeffrey Arliss, 44 Rocky Hill Road, for PB22-206 Subdivision Application, which was withdrawn by the applicant on May 9, 2023
   5. Authorization to close Public Hearing 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
   6. Authorization to close Hearing 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
5. Assign Town Board Liaisons to Town committees
6. Authorization to approve the updated 2024 Voucher Audit Schedule

1. Authorization to approve the No Parking Zones in the area around Gatehouse Road for the 2024 Rock the Ridge Fundraiser, on May 4^th, 2024
2. Request Town Board Authorization to Pay Application #2 to AquaLogics in the Amount of $77,692.90 for the Phase III Backup Water Supply Project
3. Authorization to approve the Building and Grounds Department’s purchase of a 2012 Ford F250 with a plow, sander, and a new utility body ($14,000 which was bought and installed in 2023 by the Highway Department). The old body from the F250 was auctioned off for $900.00 and the funds were placed in the Highway Equipment Reserve. The purchase of $30,000 will be funded by $26,400 B&G Truck Reserve and $3,600 by the B&G equipment budget line (1620.200)
4. Authorization to approve the Highway Department’s purchase of a 2024 Chevy Crew Cab with a plow for a contract price of $74,302.78. The purchase will be funded with the $30,000 Building and Grounds sale money and a withdrawal from Highway Reserve of $44,32.78
5. Authorization to move $7,500.00 from the Community Preservation Fund reserve to Miscellaneous Special Revenue
6. Authorization to approve Avery Herring at the rate of $23.00 an hour as a Seasonal Laborer to replace Ron Weber with a start date of March 25, 2024, through June 30, 2024, up to no more than 220 hours
7. Authorization to dispose of old cell phones, printers, non-working PC’s, and other related outdated equipment
8. Authorization to have the Highway Department destroy old, outdated backup hard drives and properly dispose of them
9. Authorization to approve the Building Department paying (as a pre-pay) $750.00 for Tom Tryon and Christian Kitchen to attend an upcoming Code Conference.  The conference will be held at Novella’s of New Paltz on April 16, 17, 18, 2024 – the conference will provide the required twenty-four hours of continued education required by New York State for Code Enforcement Officials.
10. Authorization to approve the execution of an agreement between the Town of New Paltz and Normann Staffing to allow the Building Department to retain a temporary employee via Normann Staffing until such time that a full-time Building Department Clerk can be hired from the Ulster County Civil Service list
11. Request authorization to modify the adopted 2023 budget for cost overruns as follows:
    
12. Authorization to Approve Sewer 6 Capital Fund Loan
13. PLACEHOLDER: Authorization to collaborate with New Yorkers for Cool Refrigerant Management and Sustainable Hudson Valley on the Coolest Recycling Drive in May
14. Authorization to approve the sale of 2 used police vehicles to SUNY Ulster Community College – selling 7F343 (2018 Ford Explorer SUV) for $11,000.00 and 7F342 (2017 Ford Taurus Sedan) for $8,500.00
15. Authorization to approve the March Warrant in the amount of $1,447,329.04
16. Executive session
17. Items added to the agenda since the original posting

Adjourn