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Town Board, March 18, 2025

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Town Board, March 11, 2025

A busy meeting with lots of proposed new local laws. Snow and sidewalks. To clear up two conflicting sections of the Town Code that regulate when sidewalks have to be cleared of snow, the Board referred out proposed local laws that would: 1)repeal one section of the...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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