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Southern Ulster Times , Wednesday , November 8 , 2017
Lanzetta , Hansut , Croce all winners in local races
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Republicans Andrew Nikola and Sherida Porpiglia Sessa came up short with 937 and 1,075 votes respectively .
Town Clerk Republican Colleen Corcoran ran unopposed but her total was not available at press time .
Town of Lloyd Supervisor Republican Incumbent Paul Hansut bested Democrat
Fred Pizzuto by a vote of 1,652 to 1,244 .
Hansut commented , “ I feel great , absolutely thrilled . The voter turnout was good and there will be some new faces on the board . I look forward to working with everybody on the Town Board .”
Town Council
Five candidates ran for two open Town Council seats . The winners are Democrat Claire Winslow with 1,363 votes and Republican Lenny Auchmoody with 1,328 votes . Democrat Scott McCarthy , Republican Dave Plavchak and Independence candidate Christina DeMaio all came up short with 1,171 , 1,038 and 638 votes respectively .
Town Clerk
Democrat Rosalie Peplow won another term in office with 1,873 votes , beating Republican challenger Christine Giangrasso who had 909 votes .
Town of Plattekill Supervisor Republican Incumbent Joe Croce won another term with 1,351 votes against Democratic challenger Juan
Figueroa who garnered 1,004 votes . Croce said he was pleased with the results “ The taxpayers believe I ’ m doing a decent job for the town . I worked hard on this campaign and went door to door . When you start to feel cocky that ’ s when you get your block knocked off ,” he said . “ I am working for the people and I am proud of the time I ’ ve spent with the town .”
Town Council
Four candidates ran for two open Town Council seats . The winners are Republican Dean DePew with 1,338 votes and Republican Darryl Matthews with 1,214 votes . Democrat incumbent Cindy Delgado lost her seat , receiving 1,094 votes and Democrat Gladys Figueroa got 972 votes .
Lloyd approves new lights at town park
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poles because they chose to go wooden .”
Brennie urged the board to reconsider purchasing metal poles , saying that approving wooden poles “ is the biggest backward thing I ’ ve ever seen . We should put in the best poles that gives the best bang for the buck .” He said the town has $ 122,000 available in recreation fees that the town has collected from developers after their projects are approved .
The board rejected the metal poles for the park by a vote of 4 to 1 , with Brennie being the sole no vote . Just before the board approved the purchase of wooden poles and lights for $ 82,035 by a vote of 3-2 , Councilman Joe Mazzetti explained why he joined Brennie in the minority .
“ We voted on this before and voted on it no . We did ask Frank [ Alfonso ] to get us the bids but it was pushed against our lawyers advisement and put to a vote and we voted no on it . Again now it is being brought to us after discussion about metal poles and then back to wooden poles and I ’ m of the belief that we discuss some things we ’ re going to vote on because this is newly being brought up at our nightly [ regular Nov . 15th ] meeting .
Councilman Jeff Paladino said the voting is because of procedural reasons , “ which is why we waited until our workshop .”
Alfonso said it will take about a month for the materials to arrive . At that point he will meet with the companies that will do the work “ and figure out how we ’ re going to get to the next part of this and if it can be done now or have to wait until the spring .”
Bookkeeper seeks payment from Walkway
Town Bookkeeper Karen McPeck informed the Town Board that she has billed the Walkway Over the Hudson for a total of $ 18,000 to cover engineering and attorney fees associated with the new Welcome Center that is being built on the western side of the Walkway . She indicated that she has not yet received payment and recently sent them a second bill .
“ Its a substantial amount that we ’ re waiting for ,” she said , adding that this represents two years of bills , starting in 2016 .
Peck explained that the Town of Lloyd and the
Walkway Over the Hudson reached this understanding rather than having Walkway put money into an escrow account as is typically done .
“ It was agreed upon that we would just bill them for the engineering and attorney fees ,” she said . “ I don ’ t know that they have a deadline but I ’ m assuming at some point maybe we could shut the water off if they don ’ t pay it . I don ’ t think they are even to that point where they have water yet , they ’ re still working on that .”
Peck said she also sent board members copies of an updated employee handbook for their review and input . The last one was compiled in 2003 .
Tow List Application Fee
After realizing they had never adopted a towing list application fee , the board unanimously approved an annual charge of $ 100 that will cover the Police Department ’ s time for inspections .
“ That ’ s the fastest tow business we ever completed ,” Brennie quipped .
Police Report
Chief Daniel Waage submitted his monthly report for activities in October ; 839 calls for service ; 361 calls for public service ; 52 accidents ; 96 tickets issued ; 40 arrests ; foot patrols in the hamlet by officers and Sgt . 190 hours and an additional 45 hours in the schools . Foot patrols by the Chief and Lt totaled 3 hours in the hamlet and 3 hours in the schools .
The Police Department raised $ 2,250 at a “ Cops and Pizza ” fundraiser that was held at Vigneto Restaurant with the money donated to the Red Cross to aid in hurricane relief ; Chief Waage was on Fox 5 for an upcoming documentary on the current opioid / heroin epidemic ; the Town of Lloyd Youth Recreation League held assorted games with 10 children ; Chief Waage and Sgt . Roloson spoke to students at Rose Hill Manor Day Care about their duties as Police Officers and the department assisted in traffic control and pedestrian safety at the Alzheimer ’ s Walk that was attended by approximately 1,300 people ; The department also assisted at the ALS Walk ( Lou Gehrig ’ s disease ) that was attended by approximately 2,100 people ; Waage and Roloson met with Highland interim School Superintendent Thomas Bongiovi to discuss school safety issues as a way to foster continued cooperation and communication between the school and the police department ; the Police patrolled a ‘ Night in Little Italy ’ in the hamlet ; the department participated in the Halloween festivities , also in the hamlet and had extra patrols on Halloween night itself ; the Chief and Lt . James Janso attended a public safety program sponsored by Rep . John Faso that focused on protecting soft targets , such as houses of worship , from terrorism . Vadim Thomas , Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albany Division was joined by his FBI ’ s Joint Terrorism Task Force , local law enforcement and leaders of local faith communities .
Police Blotter
Town of Lloyd
Christie A . McMahon , 23 , of Hopewell Junction , was arrested Nov . 3 as a Fugitive from Justice . McMahon was found to be wanted on a Probation Violation Bench Warrant from Bucks County Sheriff ’ s Department in Pennsylvania . She was arraigned before Town of Lloyd Judge Rizzo and remanded to the Ulster County Jail without bail pending extradition to Pennsylvania .
Tora M . Green , 45 , of Poughkeepsie , was arrested Oct . 25 and charged with Assault 3rd degree after she was involved in an altercation . She was arraigned before Town of Lloyd Judge Elia and released and is due back in Town Court Nov . 16 .
Andre L . Wilson , 43 , of Highland , was arrested Nov . 3 and charged with Criminal Obstruction of Breath / Blood after he was involved in an altercation . He was released on an appearance ticket and is due in Town Court Nov . 9 .
Sean T . Petrelli , 30 , of Glendale , AZ , was arrested Nov . 4 on a bench warrant for Driving While Intoxicated from the Town of Marlboro Police . Petrelli was turned over to Marlboro Police on the warrant .