TOWN OF CRAWFORD
TOWN BOARD MEETING
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Board of the Town of Crawford will hold its special meeting on Thursday, February 25, 2021, at 6:30 P.M. in person at the Crawford Senior and Community Center, 115 State Route 302, Pine Bush, New York. In addition, the public may attend this meeting via remote ZOOM videoconference, as described further below.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that persons who attend the meeting via Zoom will be able to see and hear the meeting, but will not be able to make or submit oral or written comments during the meeting. Any person who attends by Zoom and who wishes for his or her comment to be heard during a public hearing or the public comment session can send his or her comments in advance of the meeting to [email protected] or call 845-744-2020 by no later than 4:00 PM on February 25, 2021.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, to the extent practicable, the Town Board’s agenda will be made available online in advance of the meeting at www.townofcrawford.org.
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NOTICE OF A PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING
TOWN OF CRAWFORD PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS
` The Town of Crawford has announced that a Public Information Meeting will be held to discuss the proposed sidewalks along NYS Route 52 Pedestrian Safety Project. The meeting will be held at Crawford Senior and Community Center, 115 State Route 302, Pine Bush, NY on Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 7:00 pm.
The Town of Crawford will make every effort to assure that the hearing is accessible to persons with disabilities. Anyone requiring special assistance and/or reasonable accommodations should contact the Town Clerk.
BY ORDER OF THE TOWN OF CRAWFORD TOWN BOARD
JESSICA KEMPTER, TOWN CLERK
Dated: February 2, 2021
Town of Crawford
County of Orange
State of New York
Special Meeting Notice
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town of Crawford regular Town Board meeting scheduled for Thursday, February 18, 2021 has been rescheduled to Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 6:30 pm at the Crawford Senior and Community Center, 115 State Route 302, Pine Bush, New York.
Date: February 2, 2021
BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD
Jessica M. Kempter, Town Clerk
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town of Crawford Town Board special meeting scheduled for February 18, 2021 at 6:30pm Pursuant to New York State Executive Law 203 on Police Reform and Reinvention Collaboration has been rescheduled to February 25, 2021 at 6:30pm at the Crawford Senior and Community Center, 115 State Route 302, Pine Bush, New York.
Community comments will be accepted in advance of the public hearing if residents prefer instead of attending the public hearing and should be sent to the attention of Supervisor Carnes, 121 State Route 302, Pine Bush, NY 12566. Community comments will be forwarded to the committee to assist in formulating a plan of action in accordance with the Executive Order. When the plan is formulated by the committee it will be presented to the community and Town Board.
PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
121 Route 302
Pine Bush, NY
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Planning Board of the Town of Crawford will hold a public hearing to amend a site plan to add a propane filling station at the property located at 11 Boniface Drive designated as 8-2-69.62 on the Tax Map of the Town of Crawford in the BP-Hamlet Zoning District, owned by BW10 Realty LLC (Beer World). Said hearing will take place on February 10, 2021, at 7:00 P.M. at 121 Route 302, Pine Bush, NY.
For the Planning Board
Linda Zwart, Chairman
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Planning Board of the Town of Crawford will hold a public hearing for a site plan to add a ground-mounted 11.04kw residential solar array at the property located at 76 Ulsterville Road designated as 8-1-13.24 on the Tax Map of the Town of Crawford in the RA Zoning District, owned by Albert K. and Brenda Otto. Said hearing will take place on February 10, 2021, at 7:00 P.M. at 121 Route 302, Pine Bush, NY.
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Crawford will hold a public hearing for a use variance for a temporary storage container at the property located at 893 Route 302, designated as 19-1-77 on the Tax Map of the Town of Crawford in the RA Zoning District, owned by William Shalders. Said hearing will take place on February 3, 2021, at 7:30 P.M. at 121 Route 302, Pine Bush, NY.
For the Zoning Board of Appeals
Bruce Schwope, Chairman
Town of Crawford 2025 Adopted Budget: View Here Town of Crawford 2021 Public Health Emergency Plan: View Here Town of Crawford 2017 Final Comprehensive Master Plan: View Here
CONSOLIDATION PLAN
The stated goals of the Petition for a Consolidated Town of Crawford is to establish a village with the same boundaries as the Town of Crawford in order to give the Town government greater authority, flexibility and efficiency to provide services to its residents without increasing costs by authorizing the Town government to exercise the powers of a village while continuing to operate a single government as a town. The electorate voted to establish a new village having boundaries coterminous with the Town’s boundaries and to consolidate the new village and the Town of Crawford.
The State Comptroller’s office (OSC) subsequently informed the Town’s attorney that such consolidation would create a single government and would not accomplish the goals of the petition and that incorporation of the village with coterminous boundaries alone accomplishes the goals of the petition. Therefore, having established the new village having coterminous boundaries with the Town, the goals of the petition are accomplished, and proceeding with consolidation of governments would not achieve the goals of the petition.
Since the voters approved a consolidation, the state General Municipal Law §760 requires the Town Board to prepare a consolidation plan. In order to accomplish the goals of the petition and the voters, the plan is to maintain the status quo of a village having coterminous boundaries with the Town of Crawford.
The plan, in response to each of the items set forth in General Municipal Law §760(2), is as follows:
(a) Governments. The two government entities are the Town of Crawford and Village of Crawford, which, in order to achieve the goals of the petition, shall not be consolidated.
(b) Name of Governments. Town of Crawford and Village of Crawford, to be known as the “Town of Crawford”.
(c) Rights, Duties and Obligations. The Town/Village of Crawford will be principally operated as a town. The Town of Crawford shall possess all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of a town, together with the rights and powers of a village. In the case of conflict between the rights and powers of a town and a village, the Town Board may determine which shall be applicable. If additional rights, powers or privileges are granted in the future by New York State to towns and/or villages, the Town shall have such rights and powers.
(d) Territorial Boundaries. The territorial boundaries of the entities each shall be the boundaries of the Town of Crawford.
(e) Type and/or Class. The type of the local government entities shall be a town and a village.
(f) Organization and Officials. The Town of Crawford and Village of Crawford shall remain organized as a town and shall have the same positions for officials and employees, both elected and appointed, as the Town of Crawford. The role of each elected official shall not change. Officials shall possess any additional powers of corresponding village officials, with the exception that the Town Supervisor will not possess the chief executive powers of a village mayor. If there is a conflict between the powers of a town official and corresponding village official, the Town Board shall determine which powers are applicable.
To the extent that Town officials are required to also act as Village officials, the Town Supervisor shall act as a village mayor (except the Town Supervisor shall not have the chief executive powers of a village mayor), Town Board members shall act as Village trustees, and the Town Clerk shall act as a Village clerk. There shall be no separate elections for village officials, except to the extent required, in which case the same person shall seek election for the town office and corresponding village office. There is no need for a transitional plan and the schedule for elections and appointments of officials will be retained.
(g) Costs and Savings. There will be minimal transition costs. The intention is for the government to operate more efficiently and with increased powers.
(h) Assets. The Town’s assets are set forth in its annual report, incorporated herein by reference and publicly available in the Town Clerk’s office. This plan will not affect Town or Village assets.
(i) Liabilities and Indebtedness. The Town’s liabilities and indebtedness are set forth in its annual report, incorporated herein by reference and publicly available in the Town Clerk’s office. This plan will not affect Town or Village liabilities and indebtedness.
(j) Terms of Disposition. The Town will retain its assets, liabilities and indebtedness. The Village will not have independent assets, liabilities or indebtedness.
(k) Laws, Rules and Regulations. The Town’s laws, rules, regulations, orders and the like, as may be amended from time to time, shall remain in full force and effect in the Town and Village, and shall be administered and enforced accordingly.
(l) Effective Date of Consolidation. In order to achieve the purposes and goals of the petition, there shall be no effective date of consolidation.
(m) Notice of Hearing on Plan. A public hearing on the proposed plan shall be held on Thursday, August 15, 2024, at 7:00 PM at the Town Hall, Route 302, Pine Bush, New York 12566.