Trustee Charlie Laing Monthly Report — March 2024 (Materials Management)

2. Village Brush / Yard Waste Pickup - will begin again this week, (the first full week of the month). Pickups will be scheduled for the first full week of every month, pending weather conditions and scheduling. Residents are reminded of the following rules:

• Place lawn clippings and brush in separate piles.

• Place piles on the edge of your lawn, not on the sidewalk or in the street.

• Stumps, branches larger than 6” in diameter, garbage, and/or construction debris will not be picked up.

• Piles should be limited to 6' x 6' x 6'.

• Consider combining smaller piles with a neighbor to facilitate efficient pickups.

3. Potholes: You can notify the village of potholes on Village roads by calling the Village Clerk’s office or filling out the “Report a Concern” form at: redhookvillage.org/concern. Please note that the Village is not allowed to conduct repairs on State Highways. If you would like to report a pothole on a State Highway, The Village can forward your concern - or you can submit your complaint directly to the NYS DOT by calling 1.800.POTHOLE (1.800.768.4653).

4. Street Light Complaints: If you notice a street light out - you may notify Central Hudson directly by going to: cenhud.com/en/outages, selecting ‘Report a Street Light’ and filling out their online form.

5. Scrap Metal Program:

Proceeds from the program go towards the purchase of tools & equipment for the Public Works Department. Residents & businesses interested in donating scrap metal may contact the Village Clerk’s office to schedule a pickup.

Village of Red Hook Trustee Charlie Laing Monthly Reports March

Materials Management

In the month of March the Village Highway Dept collected 2.07 tons of recycling (0.9 tons of comingled; 0.43 tons of cardboard; and 0.7 tons of paper). The Village also collected 4.03 tons of garbage which was transported to UCRRA at a total cost of $498.21 ($463.45 in tipping fees and $34.76 of fuel surcharge). Over the course of the month the Village collected $2,587 from sale of garbage tags, broken down as follows: $1,813 at Village Hall; $600 from Taste Budds; $174 from the Red Hook Public Library.

I am still trying to pin down the actual volume and cost associated with garbage that is collected in the Welch roll‐off and hope to have that information soon to plug in to the materials management spreadsheet.

Water Treatment Facilities

See attached C3ND report.

Saw Kill Watershed Community

The Saw Kill Watershed Community (SKWC) met via Zoom on March 26 to discuss organizational needs and priorities for 2024. In attendance were representatives from Bard College, Winnakee Land Trust, the Hudson River Watershed Alliance (HRWA) and members of the Red Hook community. Emily Vail, Executive Director of the HRWA, an umbrella organization for groups like the SKWC, stated that a lot of similar small volunteer groups were struggling post‐COVID, some had ceased to operate while others were trying to reorganize. Key priorities for SKWC are figuring out finances, application for and disbursement of grants, organizational leadership and role of Bard.

The group recognized the value of the current suite of SKWC programs, including amphibian migration, new trails initiatives, riparian buffer protection, water quality and groundwater testing, and community outreach and responding to local issues (i.e. recent SKWC comments on new State wetland protection regulations).

They are also interested in access to a physical meeting space, and I said I would look into whether use of Village Hall was an option.

Community Preservation Fund Committee

No meetings in the month of March.

Water/Sewer Utility Bill Adjustments

See attached report from Village Clerk.