Planning Board, February 10,2025

Envirogreen Associates, 1875 East Main Street, Mohegan Lake. (See Planning Board, November  4, 2024.) The Board opened and closed a public hearing on the amended site plan.  The Board had no issue with the revised plan but did want some clarification on the traffic...

Town Board, February 4, 2025

Battery Storage Facilities (BESS).The Board referred out for comment a draft law that would allow only small scale battery storage facilities: up to a maximum capacity of 80 kWh with limits in 1 and 2 family houses to 40 kWh if the unit was in a utility closet or...

Town Board, January 21, 2025

Solar Law. The Board discussed the pros and cons  of six options for amending the current law as it relates to large scale (aka industrial) solar farms: Banning them from all residential districts (allowed in current law) Banning them from commercial districts (not...

Town Board, January 7, 2025

Water rates.  The Board is proposing a series of changes to the local law governing water rates. The law, which will be subject to a public hearing on February18th, would Raise the base rate for 9,000 gallons to $71.10 from $64.25, Increase of $0.75/1,000 for each...

Town Board, December 10, 2024

Toll Brothers. After voting 4-1 that the plan for 118 senior townhouse units on the 50 acre Catherine Street site would not have any significant adverse impacts on the environment, the Board voted 4-1 vote to rezone the property to the RSP-2 senior citizen zone....

Town Board, November 19, 2024

2025 Budget: In two separate actions, the Board voted to exceed the 2025 state tax cap and adopt a 2025 Preliminary Budget that will be subject to a public hearing on December 3rd. The hearing starts at 6:30pm. The  Preliminary Budget will increase the “town tax” that...