| On Wednesday, April 29, 2009, there was a meeting of Village and Town elected officials in the Village Hall. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss water and sewer. Village Officials: Mayor Ernest Martin Deputy Mayor/Trustee John Basile Trustees Ken Baker, Ellen Vomacka, Keith Collins Village Clerk Margo Partak DPW Superintendent Bob Gerasia Town Officials: Supervisor Shawn Connelly (arrived late due to conflicting meeting at the Community Center) Deputy Supervisor/Councilman Art Baker Councilwomen Ginger Whitman and Lisa Bruno Highway Superintendent Mark Minick Town Clerk Sue Cunningham Absent: Councilman Ken Petronis We applaud the effort for a combined meeting, which primarily resulted in the Village providing information and updates regarding the existing water and sewer problems. Highlighted observations and comments regarding this meeting: • Few town and village residents attended. • Water and sewer problems existed and continue to exist in the Village and other areas of the town. Now the Village is forced to address years of ongoing water and sewer issues that were never corrected. • No opportunity to join the town – sewer line via the multi-use trail is committed for Revolutionary Heights development. • No opportunity to obtain water via Mechanicville reservoir because they need to dredge (per discussions at other municipal meetings). • Water will ultimately come from Saratoga County Water Authority, but the Village needs to install 9 miles of pipe to connect. • The EPA installed carbon filters on the water plant to assure reduction of PCBs to residents through the river dredging process. The dredging is going to take two years. Once the dredging is over, EPA will no longer be responsible for the carbon filters (which are very costly). • County water rates will be the same for all (currently $2.05/thousand gallons). • Village will connect to Saratoga County sewer, but at an outside user rate. Cost for the sewer per $100,000 assessed value is estimated to be approximately $775 a year. • The NY State Village fine is approximately $750,000. The Village originally scheduled to meet with Encon on 4/29, however, the Mayor stated the meeting was moved to the Attorney General’s office on Friday, May 1. As of this posting, it has been 7 days since the meeting and we heard nothing from the Village. Why? Note: When the Village minutes are prepared/approved, please refer to them for accuracy confirmation of the above. Town Board meetings are the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month. Village Board meetings are the 3rd Tuesday of each month.
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While we don't always agree Mayor Martin we wish you well.
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The Village Board is developing a website in an effort to inform the public of
important village information in a timely and accessible manner. Along with the
website, email addresses will be established for board members to aid constituents
in contacting the appropriate village officials.
