{"id":104211,"date":"2019-07-19T12:17:21","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T16:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=104211"},"modified":"2019-07-19T12:17:21","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T16:17:21","slug":"notes-from-the-july-hamilton-town-council-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=104211","title":{"rendered":"Notes from the July Hamilton Town Council meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Submitted by Chris Rossi, Hamilton Town Council <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlville\nresident Shari Taylor announced that the Earlville Day celebration will take\nplace on July 20 from 10 am\u2013 twilight. The event features a car show, fun,\nfood, crafts, and is capped by a parade and fireworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOMAC\nrepresentatives gave a presentation on their capital plan\u2014a budget for\nequipment and vehicle expenses until 2028. The ambulance service\u2019s operating\nbudget is supported by town-wide taxes, billing for services, and insurance\nreimbursements. A capital campaign will be launched in 2020 as well as grant\nwriting efforts to raise the funds needed to buy new ambulances and equipment,\nwhich are not supported by those operating funds. Keeping SOMAC equipment up to\ndate and in good working order is essential to the safety of our residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Madison County\nis evaluating consolidating with Onondaga county in an emergency dispatch\ncenter. Currently we are short on staff in our Madison County 911 center and\nmore personnel are being hired to improve service and efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erick Wilcox,\ncurrent Deputy Highway Department Superintendent, is overseeing the Highway\ncrew while applications are being taken for a new Superintendent. A job\ndescription is available on the Town website. Town Garage external lighting was\ndiscussed with the goal of gaining efficiency and lessening community impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bookkeeper\nBrynley Wilcox reported that the Town mortgage tax payment from Madison County\nis much lower than in 2018 due to lower house sales from the last 6 months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jill Benson was\nappointed as a temporary part time clerk to work in the Town Office for 10\nhours a week. More time will be allotted to cover for Clerk Reymers while she\nis out on leave from September – mid-November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CEO Mark Miller\nsubmitted a report on building and zoning applications for the Town. Four\nSubdivision applications have been submitted for properties on Preston Hill\nRoad, Humphrey Road, Bonney Road, and Rhoades Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Partnership for Community Development (PCD) has hiredBridget Barker\nas a grants and financial administrator to help with the work load, in part\nwith funds from the Town, Village, and Colgate. Mary Galvez is now overseeing\nthe business incubator. There are small business launch grants available for\nthe Village of Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Zoning\nUpdate Committee is meeting with planner Nan Stolzenburg and members of the\nTown Council to discuss the proposed voluntary conservation subdivision zoning\nand density of development issues. Public meetings to review edits and\nadditions to the zoning will take place this winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Progress is\nbeing made on the Town Office Building and the slab will be poured soon. A\nPhase 2 Planning meeting will be scheduled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hamilton Town Council meets on the second Thursday of the month at the Village Courthouse in the Village of Hamilton at 6:30 pm. Our next meeting is August 8. We invite and encourage you to join us. For more info visit www.townofhamiltonny.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Submitted by Chris Rossi, Hamilton Town Council Earlville resident Shari Taylor announced that the Earlville Day celebration will take place on July 20 from 10 am\u2013 twilight. The event features a car show, fun, food, crafts, and is capped by a parade and fireworks. SOMAC representatives gave a presentation on their capital plan\u2014a budget for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-r6P","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Rossi-Chris-Head-Box.jpg?fit=226%2C300&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/59703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}