Submitted by Jim Goldstein, town supervisor
(Town of Lebanon, NY – May 2013) Lebanon town board members will hold their monthly town board meeting on Monday, May 13 at 7:30 p.m in the Town Office, 1210 Bradley Brook Road in the hamlet.
The public is invited to attend.
The agenda and proposed highway road repair plan are attached. Public comment on the proposed highway plan was taken at the April 8 meeting in Randallsville.
The Town Board is scheduled to finalize the 2013 Highway Road Repair Plan and discuss the progress with regards to the status of the Georgetown Ambulance Service and negotiations towards a road use law with Delta Engineering in a regional coalition with several other towns.
Town board members will be given copies of the analysis of the town Comprehensive Planning Committee’s survey results that had a 40 percent response rate.
The Town Board will hold a public hearing at 8 p.m. on a violation of the town land management local law with respect to an unlawful junkyard at the property of Jim Reichard, 4431 South Lebanon Road near the town line with Georgetown. Code Enforcement Officer Donald Forth responded to a complaint and the Madison County Public Health Department and Sheriff’s Department has also investigated the site for possible violations.. Mr. Reichard was notified by certified mail and a notice for public hearing was listed in the town’s official newspaper the Mid York Weekly.
Town officials will discuss the status of the audit by the Office of the State Comptroller of former Town Justice John Bartlett and welcome new Justice Brian Forsythe who completed his training and took office May 1, 2013 after Visiting Justice Ron Hailston of Georgetown completed his appointment by the state Office of Court Administration on April 30, 2013. Justices Hailston and Forsythe have been meeting and collaborating to ensure a smooth transfer of cases that are current or pending.
Town officials will address the status of the state DEC SGEIS on permitting high volume hydraulic fracturing of natural gas in the state and the latest ruling by the NYS Appellate Division that upheld unanimously a town’s right to establish a moratorium or ban natural gas drilling. The negotiations on the next 10 year agreement with Time Warner Cable on cable service in the township will also be reviewed.
Town officials are still looking for a resident interested in serving as Town Historian and residents to volunteer to serve on a committee to update the town’s windmill ordinance given the changes in the size and technology of wind power systems.