June 12, 2003
The Town Board of the Town of Wallkill held a public hearing
at the Town Hall, 600 Route 211 East at 7:15 PM on Thursday,
June 12, 2003. Board members present were Supervisor Ward, Councilman
King, Councilman Valentin, Councilman McLean and Councilman Depew.
Also present were Spencer McLaughlin, Attorney for the Town,
Louisa Ingrassia, Deputy Town Clerk, Ed. Smith, Superintendent
of Water and Sewer.
Ms.
Ingrassia, Deputy Town Clerk: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town
Board of the Town of Wallkill will hold a public hearing
on a proposed local law entitled “A local law repealing
existing Article II of Chapter 194 and enacting a new Article
II of Chapter 194 of the Code of the Town of Wallkill” on
the 12th day of June, 2003, at 7:15 PM at the Town Hall, 600
Route 211 East, Middletown, New York.
A
copy of the proposed Local Law is on file in the office of
the Town Clerk and available for inspection by interested persons
during Town Clerk’s business hours.
The Town Board will at the above date, time and place hear
all persons interested in the subject matter hereof. Persons
may appear in person or by agent. All written communications
addressed to the Board must be received by the Board at or prior
to the public hearing.
By Order of the Town Board.
SUPERVISOR WARD: introduces law and refers to Mr. Smith who
in turn introduces Mr. Matthew Yonkin who is representing the
office of Malcolm Pirnie.
Mr. Yonkin gives presentation regarding the change in Chapter
194 of the Sewer code.
Mr. Smith; notes that there is an error in the tables on page
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Public Participation:
COUNCILMAN DEPEW: open to public suggestions
N. Guenste; questions on permits
Mr. Smith; these are special use permits, new industry
N. Guenste; can existing industries be tested?
Mr. Smith; this has already been done
S. Cleaver; volunteers as river keeper member and is concerned
with aluminum levels in the Wallkill River
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Mr. Smith; town only monitors their discharge levels not the
entire river. Town has addressed these issues.
S. Cleaver; maybe the fines can be increased.
COUNCILMAN VALENTIN: fines have already been addressed
MOTION BY: Mr. Ward to close public hearing at 7:48 PM
SECONDED BY: Mr. Valentin
Supervisor Ward Voting Aye
Councilman Valentin Voting Aye
Councilman McLean Voting Aye
Councilman King Voting Aye
Councilman Depew Voting Aye
MOTION CARRIED.
The Town Board of the Town of Wallkill held a public hearing
at the Town Hall, 600 Route 211 East at 7:48 PM on Thursday,
June 12, 2003. Board members present were Supervisor Ward,
Councilman King, Councilman Valentin, Councilman McLean and
Councilman Depew. Also present were Spencer McLaughlin, Attorney
for the Town, Louisa Ingrassia, Deputy Town Clerk, Ed. Smith,
Superintendent of Water and Sewer.
Ms. Ingrassia, Deputy Town Clerk: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a
public hearing will be held by the Town Board of the Town of
Wallkill on June 12, 2003, at 7:20 PM at Wallkill Town Hall regarding
the adoption of a Local Law of the Town of Wallkill for the year
2003, which would establish a Drainage District within the Town
of Wallkill to be known as Waterview Village Subdivision
Any resident of the Town of Wallkill is entitled to be heard
upon said proposed Local Law at such public hearing. Copies of
said proposed Local Law are available for review at Wallkill
Town Hall, 600 Route 211 East, Middletown, NY 10940
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the environmental significance
of the proposed Local Law will be reviewed at said public hearing.
By order of the Town Board of the Town of Wallkill, dated May
22, 2003.
June 12, 2003
SUPERVISOR WARD: describes law and drainage district location
on Silver Lake- Scotchtown Road.
Larry Wilensky; 23 lot subdivision; already has approvals in
place
COUNCILMAN VALENTIN: two lights in plan
Public Participation: none
MOTION BY: Mr. Ward to close public hearing at 7:50 PM.
SECONDED BY: Mr. King
Supervisor Ward Voting Aye
Councilman Valentin Voting Aye
Councilman McLean Voting Aye
Councilman King Voting Aye
Councilman Depew Voting Aye
MOTION CARRIED.
The Town Board of the Town of Wallkill held a regular meeting
on June 12, 2003 at Town Hall, 600 Route 211 East at 7:55 PM.
Board members present were Supervisor Ward, Councilman King,
Councilman Valentin, Councilman McLean and Councilman Depew.
Also present were Spencer McLaughlin, Attorney for the Town,
Ed. Smith, Superintendent of Water and Sewer, Robert Hertman,
Chief of Police, and Louisa Ingrassia, Deputy Town Clerk.
Mr. Valentin led the Pledge of Allegiance
SUPERVISOR WARD: defers to Chief Hertman regarding a special
presentation.
CHIEF HERTMAN: gives presentation to Officer Charles Bodensieck
with a medal and plaque. He was awarded Officer of the Year.
COUNCILMAN VALENTIN: introduces two new police officers; Michael
Mintervini and Daniel Covey and wishes them good luck
MOTION BY: Mr. Ward to close Ag District public hearing
SECONDED BY: Mr. King for discussion
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COUNCILMAN DEPEW: suggests farms over a certain acreage be allowed
exemption
Supervisor Ward Voting Aye
Councilman Valentin Voting Aye
Councilman McLean Voting Aye
Councilman King Voting Aye
Councilman Depew Voting Aye
MOTION CARRIED.
MOTION BY: Mr. Ward to close Library Ag District public hearing
SECONDED BY: Mr. McLean
Supervisor Ward Voting Aye
Councilman Valentin Voting Aye
Councilman McLean Voting Aye
Councilman King Voting Aye
Councilman Depew Voting Aye
MOTION CARRIED.
MOTION BY: Mr. Ward to accept the minutes from six public hearings
and Town Board minutes of May 22, 2003
SECONDED BY: Mr. McLean
Supervisor Ward Voting Aye
Councilman Valentin Voting Aye
Councilman McLean Voting Aye
Councilman King Voting Aye
Councilman Depew Voting Aye
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MOTION CARRIED.
CORRESPONDENCE:
To: Supervisor Ward
From: Karen Kurachek
Please accept my letter of resignation effective as of the June
2003 meeting. Due to my accepting a fulltime position with a
major corporation, it is very important for me that all my spare
time is spent with my family. Thank you for letting me have the
opportunity to serve on this committee.
To: Supervisor Ward and Town Board Members and April Shuback
From: Chief Robert C. Hertman
Re: Resignation of part time Police Officer Daniel Negersmith
1. Effective 0001 hours on June 4, 2003 Part Time Police Officer
Daniel Negersmith has resigned from the Police Department. In
light of the fact that there is no pending disciplinary action
against Officer Negersmith it is recommended that his resignation
be accepted.
2. For your consideration.
To: John Ward, Supervisor
From: Francis Piper, Clerk of Session
Scotchtown Presbyterian Church will be having a Vacation Bible
School from July 21st to the 25th, 2003. For the safety of the
children, we would like permission again this year to close Mills
Road from approximately 8:45 am to 12:30 PM, the hours which
the school will be in session with dropping off and picking up
the children is included. We request two Department of Highway
barriers, to place at the intersection. We will put them up and
take them down at the times indicated.
Thank you for your consideration in this matter.
MOTION BY: Mr. Ward SECONDED BY: Mr. Depew
Supervisor Ward Voting Aye
Councilman Valentin Voting Aye
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Councilman McLean Voting Aye
Councilman King Voting Aye
Councilman Depew Voting Aye
MOTION CARRIED.
To: John Ward, Supervisor
From: Stewart Gottlieb
Thank you for responding so promptly to my letter regarding
the present zoning code.
We would very much like to have the zoning code for our property
on Route 211 E, Section 47, Block 1, Lot 1 changed back to MI
from R2.
Please begin the necessary process to accomplish this change.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
MOTION BY: Mr. Ward to send to the planning board
SECONDED BY: Mr. Valentin
Supervisor Ward Voting Aye
Councilman Valentin Voting Aye
Councilman McLean Voting Aye
Councilman King Voting Aye
Councilman Depew Voting Aye
MOTION CARRIED.
To: Deputy Chief George Tyndall
From: unanimous
I
wish to than you and your staff for the outstanding performance
in crisis intervention on ……. Having lost one son
to suicide, I was not desirous of seeing it happen again without
doing something. (xxxx) has been marginally ill for years, but
we were happy he was coping. He refused to take medication, which
might have helped. But this time he explicitly talked about ending
it all like his brother.
June 12, 2003
My
wife contacted ….who apparently was up on the latest
procedures. We had heard of recent cases where patients had been
compelled to take medication, a change within just the past few
years. Unfortunately, (XXXX) hospital may not have a budget for
this kind of expensive treatment, and the standard methods prevailed,
with this difference: a psychiatrist reportedly agreed with a
social worker’s initial diagnosis to sign a release. Of
course we were, to put it mildly, disappointed. But this does
not take away from your department’s tactful and efficient
handling of the apprehension, and your skillful cooperation with
the county mental health unit. We thank you and your men – all
the staff who participated.
To: Robert Hertman, Chief of Police
CC: Supervisor Ward
From: Jean Hansen, Chairperson Outreach Program
Re: Adam Bruce
Anthony Kuhn
On
behalf of St. John’s Lutheran Church and the Outreach
Committee, I would like to express our gratitude and appreciation
to Police Officers Anthony Kuhn and Adam Bruce.
As
part of our annual project, we adopt a number of needy families
in the community as our “Christmas Angels” granting
their wishes. Tony, once again, asked if we would be interested
in giving the bicycles that the Town of Wallkill Police Department
had in storage to these families. We graciously accepted and
through the coordination of the members of the Outreach Committee,
the Interfaith Council and Rural Opportunities, we were able
to deliver these “gifts of love” to our Christmas
Angels.
We
are extremely grateful for Officers Kuhn and Bruce for their
services to the needy and to our community. Our appreciation
goes to the Town of Wallkill Police Department for giving us
the opportunity to give these gifts of transportation to those
who have no other means of getting to work and to put smiles
on the children who appreciate the gifts of having “new” bicycles.
Thank you and may God bless you.
To: Chief Robert Hertman
From: Melissa G. Eisenberg, Assistant County Attorney
I just wanted to take a minute to tell you how much I appreciated
the efforts of three of your officers: P.O. Kelly Scheuering;
Sgt. Steven Walsh; P.O. Barry Weissman for helping me out on
a recent emergency hearing on the Orange County Family Court.
Each of them made themselves available with only last minute
notice and each was extremely
June 12, 2003
helpful in the preparation of this hearing. If I can provide
you with any additional information, please do not hesitate to
let me know.
MOTION BY: Mr. Ward SECONDED BY: Mr. McLean
Supervisor Ward Voting Aye
Councilman Valentin Voting Aye
Councilman McLean Voting Aye
Councilman King Voting Aye
Councilman Depew Voting Aye
MOTION CARRIED.
RESOLUTIONS
WHEREAS, heretofore the Town Board of the Town of Wallkill has
introduced a proposed local law amending Chapter 194-48E(1) of
the Code of the Town of Wallkill by repealing existing Article
II and enacting a new Article II; and
WHEREAS, the Town Board is the sole Involved Agency and is the
Lead Agency, and as such has caused to be prepared a short Environmental
Assessment Form, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board has conducted a public hearing on the
proposed local law and heard all persons interested in the subject
matter of the same, and
WHEREAS, following a public hearing on the proposed local law
and due deliberation having been had thereon, now
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED as follows:
1. That after considering all of the information presented to
it, including the short Environmental Assessment Form and comments
presented to the Town, the Town Board hereby determines that
the proposed action will not result in any significant adverse
environmental impacts, and that the adoption of the proposed
local law will have a beneficial effect on the environment of
the Town of Wallkill in that the local law updates the requirements
for the use, operation and maintenance of the public sewer systems
within the Town of Wallkill and in particular construction of
the sewers and the monitoring of industrial users, all of which
the Town Board determines will have a positive effect on the
environment.
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