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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Town Board, Town of Schaghticoke — November 14, 2018, Town Hall, 290 Northline Drive, Melrose, NY, 7:00 PM. Present were Supervisor Carlson and Councilmen Akin, Fogarty, Rustin, and Westhead.
Minutes, bills, and reports
- October 2018 meeting minutes accepted as presented (Westhead · Akin — Ayes: all; Nays: none).
- Bills from the Town Clerk’s Scheduled Payment Report dated November 14, 2018, total $565,394.38, approved (Rustin · Akin — Ayes: all; Nays: none).
- Historian Chris Kelly spoke about the 100th anniversary of WWI ending, noting a picture of the Schaghticoke WWI Veterans monument in the Times Union.
Public hearing — Hoosic Valley Volunteer Fire Co. budget
Opened at 7:06 PM (Akin · Westhead — Ayes: all; Nays: none). The notice covered the proposed contract with the Hoosic Valley Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. for fire protection and emergency service in the Hoosic Valley Fire Protection District from January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2021, at $102,000 in each of 2019, 2020, and 2021. No public comment.
- 2019–2021 Hoosic Valley Volunteer Fire Co. budget passed (Rustin · Fogarty — Ayes: all; Nays: none).
Public hearing — 2019 town budget
Opened (Fogarty · Akin — Ayes: all; Nays: none). Per Section 113 of Town Law, proposed 2019 salaries of town officers were specified: Supervisor $28,390; Town Justice Arnold $10,740; Town Justice Thomas $11,920; Councilpeople (4) $6,945 each; Tax Collector $6,245; Town Clerk $41,000; Highway Superintendent $62,800. No public comment.
- 2019 town budget passed (Rustin · Westhead — Ayes: all; Nays: none).
Other actions
- Move $479 out of the fire chiefs’ reserve for education materials (Fogarty · Rustin — Ayes: all; Nays: none).
- Lease-purchase agreement with M&T Bank for $357,677 for two International Model 7500 4x2 plow trucks with dump bed (Fogarty · Rustin — Ayes: all; Nays: none).
- Trailer replacement: approved applicant Dan Casey’s request to replace a trailer using the existing footprint at 30 Hayes Road, Schaghticoke (Fogarty · Akin — Ayes: all; Nays: none).
- Supervisor appointment: appoint Timothy Salisbury to finish the two-year term of Jean Carlson as Town Supervisor as of December 1, 2018 (Rustin · Akin — Ayes: Akin, Fogarty, Rustin, Westhead; Abstain: Carlson).
Public comment
- Councilman John Rustin thanked Jean Carlson for her service to the Town of Schaghticoke as Town Clerk for 13 years and Supervisor for 20 years.
- Highway Superintendent Shawn Hayes thanked Jean Carlson for her help to the Highway Department.
- Bill Maloney, chief of the Speigletown Fire District, thanked Shawn Cross, Shawn Hayes, and the Highway Department for placing five new fire hydrants in Speigletown, and thanked Jim Westhead and Jean Carlson for their help with the Hoosic Valley Rescue Squad.
Adjourned at 7:19 PM (Akin · Fogarty — Ayes: all; Nays: none). Submitted by Emily Calhoun, Deputy Town Clerk.
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