- The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. All members were present
- The Board approved the minutes of the last meeting
- J. Craig announced that Janice Mullins, the tax collector has resigned; John Rustici, police commissioner, also has resigned
- Document shredding will be available in the lobby December 4th – 15th.
- Town Dept. Reports:
- Maintenance dept.: fall clean up & winter prep work is being done
- Sewer dept.: average flow has been 20,000 gal per day; 38 call before you dig calls
- Old Business:
- Motion to adopt the comprehensive plan was made
- R. Moore stated he wasn’t ready to move forward with the comp. plan without revision
- B. DuFresne stated she still needs time to look it over and is not ready to create a zoning committee, suggested board pushes out the vote to another meeting
- J. Kukon said he was fine with waiting
- Motion passed to postpone vote at least until next month’s meeting
- New Business:
- Resolution to ratify collective bargaining agreement passed
- Motion passed to designate Bank of Greene County as collection point for property taxes
- A. Foley announced she is interested in creating a farmer’s market. Farmers are encouraged to reach out to her if they are interested in participating
- B. DuFresne announced the Christmas event will be held in town this year on December 9th from 2-6PM. She is working with local businesses on this, including Alder East who will be hosting a film. Santa will be at Gtel. There will be a sleigh ride. The road will be closed from 4-6PM. Anyone who wants to be a vendor at the event is welcome and should reach out to her.
- The annual Thanksgiving dinner will be held from 11-12:30 at the activities building
- The next town board meeting will be December 19th at 7PM
- Public comments:
- J. Picciocchi (spelling?), after encouraging everyone to enjoy the coffee and cookies she brought, stated that she would like to see the commercial venues law passed. She brought out one of the town’s zoning maps in which all properties eligible to hold commercial events was highlighted with black tape (see below for picture). She stated that gentrification is causing people to have to move or subdivide farms; people who have been here for generations have an opportunity to generate profit from their land. She also stated that barns and old buildings are expensive to maintain and without a money generating purpose it is hard to justify renovating them. She believes this law would help people do that and help her and her husband fulfill their dream of moving here full time.
- It was verified that the new streetlights are here. The board is now waiting on National Grid.
- Meeting was adjourned at 7:25.
- Motion to adopt the comprehensive plan was made
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