Cell Tower. After a lengthy hearing (the third), the Board closed the hearing, leaving open a 5 day written comment period.
After Homeland Towers made a lengthy presentation it said addressed comments made at the previous hearing, residents spoke in opposition to the plan, refuting or opposing much of what Homeland said or was in its follow up submissions. Issues included:
- Whether there was a coverage gap
- Overcapacity issue
- Wetland delineation and incursion into the wetland buffer
- Wildlife issues
- The impact on property values
- The viability of small towers
Solar Law. (See Town Board, January 20, 2026) In response to Councilwoman Siegel’s comment that the Board is considering a revised version of the Law (the Board has not taken any action on the hearing that was closed January 20th), Councilman Esposito explained that the only change in the revised version is that it deletes the “Dell Avenue” project, one of the two grandfathered projects in the earlier version, as the Dell applicant is no longer pursuing the project. The town attorney said that a new public hearing was not needed on the revised version.
Emergency medical services.(See Town Board, February 10, 2026) During his opening comments, Supervisor Lachterman announced that the town would be convening a roundtable to discuss a pending state bill dealing with how the state, counties and local governments are addressing the need for emergency medical services. In response, Councilwoman Siegel said that while she had no issue with the roundtable, she was disappointed that the Board was not ready to proceed to advertise for a consultant to study the financial needs of the town’s two volunteer ambulance corps, pointing out that the anticipated state study would not address solutions to how local volunteer ambulance corps are funded. No date was set for the roundtable.
Retirement. The Board announced the retirement of John Tegeder, Director of Planning, after 28 years of service.
Proposed legislation
Fire Code and certificates of occupancy. Councilman Esposito said he was working on two proposed laws: changes in the fire code issue regulating where commercial properties locate the special box that has keys to the premises that first responders can access, and revisions to the law permitting temporary certificates of occupancy.
Noise. In response to comments from Councilwoman Siegel regarding needed changes to the Noise Law, Councilman Esposito said he would address potential changes as they relate regulating the noise from bass frequencies after the Tee Bar’s acoustic expert provides more information on how the facility will attenuate the noise from music.
Housing. Councilwoman Siegel noted that the Community Housing Board has submitted a draft law to reinstitute an affordable housing set aside law. (The law, enacted in 2010, was repealed in 2016.) She noted that the town has recently approved 446 new housing units but that none of them included any affordably priced units. She added that the rent for a one bedroom apartment at Underhill Farms was just under $3,500.
Sewer charges. (See Town Board, February 10,2026) Supervisor Lachterman announced that at next week’s meeting, he would submit a draft local law changing the way properties connected to town sewers pay for the service.
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