The announcement for this meeting of the Tree Preservation Committee can be found here.
 

The Tree Preservation Committee is a volunteer committee established by the Town Board.  The committee will preserve, protect, and enhance the Town’s natural environment through tree protection, preservation and sustainable planting.  Meetings are held intermittently as posted.

The Agenda for this meeting of the American Revolution 250th Anniversary Committee has yet to be announced.

The agenda for this program on Lyme Disease Awareness can be found here.

Welcome

• Town Supervisor Peter G. Barber

Opening Remarks

• State Senator Patricia Fahy

• Assemblymember Gabriella Romero

Keynote Speaker

• Associate professor of Biology/Microbiology, State University of New York at Adirondack "Tiny Bug, Big Problem"
   

• Saravanan Thangamani, PhD.  Principal Investigator, Thangamani Lab, SUNY Upstate Medical University Research on the environmental impacts of vector-borne diseases, including Lyme disease

Questions and Answers

Closing

 

The Agenda for this meeting of the American Revolution 250th Anniversary has yet to be announced.

The agenda for this meeting of the The Tree Preservation Committee has yet to be announced. The Committee is a volunteer committee established by the Town Board.  The committee will preserve, protect, and enhance the Town’s natural environment through tree protection, preservation and sustainable planting.  The Committee meets at the Town Hall on an as needed basis.

The Tree Preservation Committee is a volunteer committee established by the Town Board.  The committee will preserve, protect, and enhance the Town’s natural environment through tree protection, preservation and sustainable planting.
 

The agenda for this meeting of the Supervisor's State of the Town Address can be found here.

GUILDERLAND, NY – February 12, 2025.  Guilderland Town Supervisor, Peter G. Barber will present the State of the Town Address on Wednesday, February 12 at 10:00am at Town Hall.  We invite town residents, community members, and members of the public to attend this event.

The address will include the Town’s recent achievements and planned efforts to promote the community’s quality of life with record investments in first responders, continued investments in park improvements and open space, launching public safety initiatives, and promoting pedestrian safety.  “Guilderland has been recognized as a highly desirable place in which to reside, raise a family, work, and enjoy life” Town Supervisor Barber commented.  “I am proud of the Town’s employees work in promoting the quality of life of our community.”  The 2025 State of the Town will include:

• Comprehensive Plan Update.  The anticipated adoption of the Comprehensive Plan Update that will be a guide and blueprint for recommendations on affordable housing options, protecting natural resources, promoting pedestrian safety, responding to climate change, and much more.
• Support for First Responders.  The Town’s recent investments in a new ambulance station, fire training tower, and dispatch consoles, and upcoming steps to further promote public safety.  
• Park Improvements.  The Town’s continuing investments in its extensive park system, with a new planned park, playgrounds, pickleball courts, lighting for girls’ softball, new box lacrosse, security cameras and other measures.   
• Pedestrian Safety.  Taking actions to address speeding and making our streets safer for pedestrians and bicyclists, and transferring responsibility for sidewalk maintenance to the Highway Department.

An Organizational Meeting of the Guilderland Town Board shall take place on January 7, 2025 at the Town Hall. At this meeting all the members of the Town Board shall be sworn in and a Regular Meeting will immediately follow, starting at 7:00pm:

Organizational Meeting

1. Consider approving Schedule A's listing of appointments and authorizing the Town Supervisor to make provisional appointments.

2. Consider adopting Schedule B's Town 2025 calendar for meetings of the boards and committees, and holidays.

3. Consider adopting Schedule C's designation of Fire Wardens, Fire Investigation Team, and Fire Inspectors for 2025.

4. Consider adopting Schedule D's designation of Town Board members and officials as liaisons for 2025.

5. Consider authorizing the use of 2025 IRS approved mileage rates for reimbursing Town employees when authorized to use private vehicles on Town business.

6. Consider approving proposed 2025 vendor overtime rates for the Police Department.

7. Consider approving proposed 2025 rates for the Emergency Medical Services Department.

8. Consider designating Adirondack Mountain Engineering, PC; Barton & Loguidice, DPC; Boswell Engineering; CHA Consulting, Inc; Creighton Manning; Delaware Engineering, DPC; Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.; Insite Northeast Engineering & Land Surveying, P.C.; Lansing Engineering, PC; and Spectra Environmental Group, Inc. as Town-designated engineers.

9. Consider designating First National Bank of Scotia, Key Bank, Citizens Bank, Pioneer Commercial Bank, NBT Bank and M&T Bank as the Town's official depositories.

10. Consider authorizing the Town Supervisor and Town Comptroller to invest Certificates of Deposit in designated official depositories with a third party holding the securities.

11. Consider authorizing the Town Supervisor and Town Comptroller to sign checks for the Town.

12. Consider designating the Town Supervisor as Affirmative Action Officer.

13. Consider designating the Town Supervisor as Emergency Response Officer.

14. Consider adopting the list of Town officers and employees who are required to file an annual statement of disclosure under the Town's Ethics Law ("Exhibit A").

15. Consider designating The Altamont Enterprise and Times Union as the Town's official newspapers.

16. Consider appointing MMB & Co. to conduct annual Town audits, as requested by the Comptroller.

17. Consider annual review and approval of the Town's investment policy, as requested by the Comptroller.

18. Consider annual review and approval of the Town's procurement policy, as requested by the Comptroller.

19. Consider annual review and approval of the Town's purchasing policy, as requested by the Comptroller.

20. Consider establishing petty cash funds for Town departments, as requested by the Comptroller.

Public Comment

Regular Meeting Agenda

1. Consider determining the land use and dwelling unit densities, pursuant to Zoning Code § 280-17(E)(4), for the proposed Foundry Square Planned Unit Development, as recommended by the Town Planner.

2. Consider appointing Emily Shafer to the permanent position of Laborer in the Water Department, as recommended by the Personnel Assistant.

3. Consider accepting equipment donations for the Western Turnpike Golf Course, including a reel grinder, with an approximate value of $10,000, from the Long Island National Golf Course, and a skid street grapple attachment, with an approximate value of $1,000, from the Cold Spring Country Club, as recommended by the Golf Superintendent.

4. Consider authorizing the Western Turnpike Golf Course to issue requests for proposals for two fairway mowers and turf grass sprayer, as recommended by the Director of Golf.

5. Consider approving modifications of the 2024 adopted budget under NYS Town Law § 112, as recommended by the Fiscal Officer.

6. Consider waiving the building permit fee associated with fire damage at 6640 Fuller Station Road, as requested by the Chief Building and Zoning Inspector.

7. Consider approving numerous appointments/promotions, as recommended by the Comptroller/Director of HR.

The Guilderland Historical Society along with the Altamont Library will be dedicating the Delaware and Hudson historical marker. Mary Ellen Johnson, the Town Historian, will be making a presentation. All are invited.
 

The agenda for this meeting of the Town Comprehensive Plan Update Committee can be found here. 

1.  Welcome

2.  Project Update

3.  Overview of Preliminary Draft Comprehensive Plan

4.  Committee Working Draft Review Responsibilities

5.  Priorities Map Discussion

6.  CPUC Open Discussion

7.  Next Steps

8.  Public Comment

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