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Town Board Meeting 3/7/24

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Thursday, March 7, 2024 - 7:00pm

 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)

  1. Executive Session
  2. Interview potential Recreation Director: Joseph Davis
  3. Authorization to accept Amy Donnelly’s resignation from the Zoning Board of Appeals effective immediately
  4. Interview potential Zoning Board of Appeals candidate: Jon Decker
  5. Consent Agenda
    1. Approval of minutes: Town Board, February 15, 2024
    2. 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
  6. Authorization to approve the updated Procurement Policy
  7. 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
  8. 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.
  9. 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:
    1. Plutarch Road – $448,040.00
    2. Old Tschirky Road – $45,000.00
    3. Sarafian Road – $47,000.00
  10. Authorization to approve the following 2023 Budget Modifications:

Budget mods

  1. Authorization to appoint Katie Hamill, Mischa Cohn, Evan Holland-Schepler, and Susan Denton to the Housing Smart Communities Initiative Committee
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. Authorization to vote on filling the vacant Town Board seat
  7. Authorization to approve phase 2 Wallkill Valley Land Trust, Inc. Rail Trail Interpretive Signage
  8. Motion to approve hourly rates of consultants to finish overlay zoning project
  9. Authorization to add Maria Pastrana-Mucito to our M&T online banking and NYCLASS investment accounts
  10. Authorization to accept Arlene Weber’s resignation as Municipal Bookkeeper, effect end of business day, April 5, 2024
  11. Items added to the agenda since the original posting

Adjourn