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Highway Department Monthly Report — October 2022

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VILLAGE OF RED HOOK HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT OCTOBER, 2022

  1. The Village Highway Department is currently picking up brush during the first week of the month (weather and schedule permitting).

Residents are reminded to place lawn debris, leaves, and brush in separate piles at the edge of the street. Please limit brush piles to 6’ x 6’ x 6’ with tree branches no larger than 6” in diameter. Brush that includes tree trunks, stumps, garbage, or construction material will not be picked up. Residents with smaller amounts of brush are encouraged to share a brush pile with a neighbor. Please limit your brush pile to one pile per household per month.

  1. The Village will be picking up leaves in November. Leaf pick-up will continue through December as weather permits. Please pile leaves in a row at the street edge. The Highway Department will not pick up leaves mixed with brush, or other debris, due to possible equipment damage.

  2. The Village’s Snow Ordinance is currently in effect (as of November 1, 2022) through March 31, 2023. No parking is permitted in Village Streets from 11:00pm to 6:00am and on NYS Highways (Route 9 (Broadway) and Route 199 (Market Street)) from 2:00am to 6:00am (re: Local Law #4 of 6/19/14; Section 190-28A, 190-28B). When snow and/or ice removal operations are underway, any vehicle parked or abandoned on any street may be removed by, or under the direction of, the Red Hook Police Department, or any responding law enforcement agency. Costs associated with vehicle towing and storage will be charged to the vehicle’s owner(s).

  3. The owner and/or occupant of every building/lot in the Village, with an adjoining sidewalk, shall remove snow and ice within 24 hours of a snowstorm (re: Local Law #1-199; Section 165-1). At the direction of the Mayor and Board of Trustees, the Village Highway Department may remove snow/ice, left uncleared, at a cost of $2.00 per linear foot. This cost will be assessed and collected with the next tax levy (re: Local Law #1-199; Section 48).

  4. The Village Highway Department assisted with repaving the following Village Streets during the month of October, 2022:

    • e Park Avenue from Old Post Road to Linden Avenue; e Elizabeth Street from East Market Street to Firehouse Lane; and

    • e Tobacco Lane from Elizabeth Street to the north and south private parking lots.

Revenue from the General Fund CHIPS (#5110.3) Budget Line will be used to pay for this repaving project. Total Project Cost is $136,946.70.

  1. Revenue from the sale of scrap metal was received on October 13, 2022 in the amount of $553.00. Total revenue generated from the sale of scrap metal in FY 2022-2023 is $2,284.20. Since inception of the Scrap Metal Recycling Program in September, 2007, $46,147.66 has been generated.

Proceeds from this program go toward the purchase of tools and equipment for the Village Highway, Water, and Materials Management Departments. Residents and businesses interested in donating scrap metal may contact the Village Highway Department (845-758-8600) or the Village Clerk’s Office (845-7581081). Highway Department personnel will assist property owners by picking up scrap metal upon request.