Agro Farma has filed an application from the Susquehanna River Basin Commission to withdraw more than 1.5 million gallons daily from its three on-site wells; see: http://www.srbc.net/wrp/Details.aspx?ID=7931&num=2011-094. 

A Public Hearing has been scheduled by the County of Chenango Industrial Development Agency for Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. at the Town of Columbus Town Hall building with regard to Agro-Farma, Inc. (Company) facilities expansion project and to grant the Company financial assistance for the project.

Additional information may be obtained or comments submitted prior to the public hearing by contacting the Agency’s Executive Director, Steve Craig by phone at (607) 33401404, by email at scraig@chenanony.org or by mail at Chenango County Industrial Development Agency, the Eaton Center, 19 Eaton Ave., Norwich, NY 13815.

Also, please be further advised that the Agency has scheduled a special meeting of its board to be held on December 8, 2011 at 8:00 a.m., at The Eaton Center, 19 Eaton Avenue, Norwich New York, for purposes of entertaining a motion whether or not to adopt a resolution agreeing to undertake the proposed project and whether or not to grant the requested financial assistance, in whole or in part, for the proposed project.

The Columbus Town Board and Planning Board will be discussing the Site Plan Review Law. A draft copy of this law can be viewed at
http://www.columbusny.us/uploads/2/9/7/7/2977434/site_plan_review_law_9-09_doc_revised_8-19-11.pdf
 Please feel free to attend the meeting on Thursday night, Nov 17th at 7pm at the Town Hall.

Notice: Town budget meeting, Wednesday, October 26th at 6PM at the Town Court.

 To see a sample ballot for the November election http://www.co.chenango.ny.us/Elections/sample-ballots/2011-General/Columbus.pdf

October 13, 2011

CALL TO ORDER    

INVOCATION  

PLEDGE

BOARD OF HEALTH:  

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: 

Speakers:
Insurance representative Kathy Walker

COMMUNICATIONS: Cty 41 contract, fire contracts 

COMMITTEES REPORTS:

Planning Board – Road Preservation, Site Plan, Sanitation Law updates

Finance –

Park –  

Highway –

Building/Grounds -

Informational Services-                                                                

 OLD BUSINESS:

1. Ambulance district formation resolution
2. Local Law #2-2011

 
NEW BUSINESS:

1.       Tentative Budget 2012 (discussion for preliminary)

 

 

REQUESTS

 

REVIEW OF EXPENDITURES

A.      GENERAL FUND:

B.      HIGHWAY FUND:

 

ADJOURNMENT:

Please make sure you vote this election!

Columbus has 3 candidates running for the Supervisor position. They are George Coates, Tom Grace and Brandon Loomis. Coates was Supervisor 2006 – 2010. Coates and Loomis are both members of the Independence Party. Grace is an independent.

There are four candidates running for two positions on the Town Board : Daniel Avolio, an independent; Marsha Guzewich, a Democrat; Susan LaFever, a Republican; and Pamela Weidman, a Democrat. Weidman is the current Supervisor and LaFever was appointed to the Town Board to fill an unexpired term leaving her position as chairperson of the Planning Board.

There are three unincumbents: Justice Richard Fornito, a Republican, Town Clerk Brenda Weidman, a Democrat, and Highway Superintendent Kevin Cross, a Republican are running unopposed this election.