Encourages Residents to Dispose of Unwanted Items
(Town of Lebanon, NY – April 2013) Lebanon residents are encouraged to participate in the town’s third annual town-wide Clean-Up Day from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 27, at the town highway garage, 1210 Bradley Brook Road in the hamlet.
All Lebanon residents are permitted to bring up to two garbage bags of roadside trash or two furniture items they would like to dispose of at no cost, and Lebanon residents can also bring in recyclables to be taken up to the landfill at no charge, or can bring items normally accepted at the landfill to save themselves the cost of a trip including air conditioners, tires, humidifiers, television sets, computer monitors, propane cylinders, refrigerators, freezers and miscellaneous scrap metal.
Prices for recyclable items are as follows:
Air conditioners, refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifier and other household items containing refrigerant – $13.50 per unit
Tires (limit of four): $2.70 each
Propane cylinders: $2.70 each
Televisions: $2.70 each
Computer monitors: $2.70 each
Automotive batteries: no charge
Miscellaneous scrap metal: no charge
Household white goods – washers, stoves, etc.: no charge
Recyclables (plastics and agricultural plastic): no charge
Compostable green waste (leaves, grass, clippings): no charge
Payment must be by cash or check at the time of delivery.
Town Supervisor Jim Goldstein is encouraging all Lebanon churches and community groups to sponsor events connected with the Communitywide Cleanup Day to promote more participation and roadside cleanup.
This event is restricted to residents only, no businesses, per county policy, and will continue to be a pilot in accepting agricultural plastics for recycling that the county has been shipping to the Plastics2Oil facility outside Buffalo that turns all ag plastic into usable low sulfur diesel fuel.
For more information, contact Town Clerk Nicole Viera at 315.837.4220 or Supervisor Jim Goldstein at 315.837.4152.
At its Regular April Meeting
* Lebanon officials heard public comment on their road repair proposal for 2013 and discussed options for an anticipated $101,563 in CHIPS funds for town roads in 2013. Highway Superintendent Alex Hodge recommended finishing Soule Road, improving Keefe and Carcnross roads and installing new headwalls over a two-year period in the Carncross Road bridge given the continuing erosion occurring there.
Hodge said he would like to install headwalls similar to those of the Deep Spring Road Bridge, since that seems to be holding up well.
Town officials also discussed with town resident John Gale his suggestion for use of road stone differently on Lebanon Center Road.
* Awarded a road sand bid to Chenango Asphalt for 2013-2-14 at $6.50 per cubic yard subject to bid review by Attorney Jones .
* Designated Wanderers’ Rest Humane Association as the town’s dog shelter to be used by the dog control officer.
* Discussed issues with the Amish Relations Committee and their Amish counterparts related to Workers Compensation Insurance requirements for Amish labor on non-Amish property. Code Enforcement Officer Donald Forth has identified that the state requires workers comp coverage on any labor done on a non-Amish property by Amish laborers.
Committee members Chuck Hall and Paul Sheldon explained that the Amish did not believe in insurance and did not expect to be paid or reimbursed for any injuries, but the recommendation of the town attorney at this time is that any work done on a non-Amish property by Amish labor requires Workers Compensation, but that Amish work done on Amish property will probably not require this and will be addressed on a case-by-case basis.
Forth noted certain building permits require Workers Compensation coverage by state law before being issued. Town officials will be researching what neighboring towns are doing, as the homeowner is ultimately responsible; one suggestion at the meeting was that homeowners can cover Amish workers through their own liability policy.
Hall voiced concern that the rule, which he understood was confirmed as a state law requirement by the state Codes Office, would prohibit the Amish from being able to do work on non-Amish property. Goldstein said that while he understood the concern, and the town was interested in being fair and flexible to all parties regarding code matters while ensuring proper enforcement and safety compliance, that local contractors have to bear the responsibility of carrying workers comp insurance, and that some residents have complained to him that the Amish enjoy financial advantages if they do not have to comply with the same laws and rules when it comes to doing work on non-Amish property.
All agreed that the state has been very inconsistent in clarifying many issues related to Amish building practices and state law or requirements.
* The Office of the State Comptroller will continue the audit of the former town justice, and recently appointed Justice Brian Forsythe will complete his training.
* The Comprehensive Planning Committee for the town reported an incredible 40-percent rate of return of surveys that it is currently compiling and will be sharing soon with town officials and the public as they start to draft the town comprehensive plan for the next 10 years.