{"id":67830,"date":"2016-04-29T07:53:41","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T11:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=67830"},"modified":"2016-05-18T18:59:32","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T22:59:32","slug":"notes-from-the-april-2016-hamilton-town-council-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=67830","title":{"rendered":"Notes from the April 2016 Hamilton Town Council Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Chris Rossi<\/em><\/p>\n

The Hamilton Town Council April meeting opened with comments from the public. After a recent serious accident in\u00a0the village Mayor McVaugh reminded us of safety concerns for runners, bikers and pedestrians in the Village. To\u00a0avoid accidents, please watch for traffic, wear reflective clothing, walk against traffic and remain vigilant when using\u00a0ear buds.<\/p>\n

Jim Leach from the Partnership for Community Development reported on how the group\u2019s many projects\u00a0answered some of the goals of the draft comprehensive plan. The PCD is currently working on housing, economic\u00a0development, energy, agricultural, and recreation initiatives.<\/p>\n

Linda DeMuro presented information on Wanderer\u2019s Rest Humane Association, which contracts with\u00a0Madison County for the housing and care of stray dogs and cats. The group\u2019s work goes beyond providing shelter for\u00a0stray pets, with educational outreach, spay\/neuter services, a pet food pantry, and a therapy dog program. Linda, and\u00a0the other ambassadors from WRHA (both two- and four-legged), announced their new iPet Companion application that\u00a0allows web visitors to play with WRHA cats via the internet. Visit www.wanderersrest.org for more information on the\u00a0valuable work WRHA is doing in our county.<\/p>\n

The Town Council has returned the Comprehensive Plan back to the committee for further edits. A revised draft will go back to the town council for another review before it is open to public review and community comment. Copies of\u00a0the Comprehensive Plan will be made available well before the next public meeting, with details announced as the\u00a0date approaches.<\/p>\n

The Town of Hamilton was invited by Colgate to join a sustainability council composed of area-wide stakeholders.\u00a0The group will discuss ways to employ climate friendly strategies locally while making our community resilient in the\u00a0face of climate trends already in motion.<\/p>\n

Supervisor Shwartz reported that the County is hiring a volunteer recruitment officer to help boost volunteerism in our\u00a0fire and emergency service organizations. Thanks to the efforts of Senator Dave Valesky and Assemblyman Bill Magee, a bill\u00a0entitling Madison County to 25% of New York State\u2019s share of gambling revenue generated from Oneida Indian\u00a0Nation-owned casino\u2019s operating in Madison County passed overwhelmingly in the Senate and Assembly. The\u00a0Town Council passed a resolution asking Governor Cuomo to sign the bill.<\/p>\n

The Hamilton Town Council meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Thursday of the month at the Town of Hamilton office at 16 Broad\u00a0St. in the village. Please note this change from our usual Thursday schedule – our\u00a0next regular meeting is Monday, May 9, at 6:30 p.m. We invite and encourage you to join us. For more info visit www.townofhamiltonny.org.<\/p>\n

Editor’s note: Chris Rossi is a member of the Hamilton Town Council.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Chris Rossi The Hamilton Town Council April meeting opened with comments from the public. After a recent serious accident in\u00a0the village Mayor McVaugh reminded us of safety concerns for runners, bikers and pedestrians in the Village. To\u00a0avoid accidents, please watch for traffic, wear reflective clothing, walk against traffic and remain vigilant when using\u00a0ear buds. […]<\/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_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_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-67830","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-hE2","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\/67830","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=67830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67830\/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=67830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}