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Materials Management Report — December

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Village of Red Hook Trustee Charlie Laing Monthly Reports December

Materials Management

In the month of December the Village Highway Dept collected 2.83 tons of recycling (1.66 tons of comingled; 0.42 tons of cardboard; and 0.75 tons of paper). The Village also collected 2.38 tons of garbage which was transported to UCRRA at a total cost of $517.15 ($288.7 in tipping fees and $17.33 of fuel surcharge). The Village also paid $211.12 in monthly fees for use of the Royal dumpster service. Over the course of the month the Village collected $2,517 from sale of garbage tags, broken down as follows: $1,413 at Village Hall; $600 from Taste Budds; $504 from the Red Hook Public Library.

Water Treatment Facilities

See attached C3ND report.

Saw Kill Watershed Community

The SKWC Leadership Committee met via ZOOM on Wednesday, December 18.

SKWC Leadership Team Meeting 12/18/24 6:30 pm, on Zoom Agenda

  1. Update on Benner Road report

  2. Newsletter project update- Sheila

  3. Update on Community meeting-Amy

  4. Water quality sampling project update- Karen

  5. Other business

  6. Next meeting/ timing

  7. We need to decide on a date for the Community meeting— which Wednesday do you think is best: January 22 or February 5? Are there any conflicts with other meetings that we should be aware of and take into account? Please let me know what you think, so we can finalize date as soon as possible

  8. Attached below is the for-now-final version of the Benner Road report.

Community Preservation Fund Committee

No meetings in the month of November.

Still unclear that they have had a meeting recently but the current balance of the CPF is around $2,982,968.51?.

Utility Billing Report

See attached report

Changes between versions

2024-08-052024-08-22
substantive change+96

The resolution was expanded to include procurement compliance, ethics disclosures, and legal consultation details.

  • Document date advanced from 2024-08-05 to 2024-08-22
  • Added party detail: Jerome Smith is now identified as 'the Village's DPW Foreman'
  • Expanded procurement scope: number of quotes reviewed increased from '5 quotes' to '6 quotes... in adherence with our procurement policy'
  • Added ethics/legal section: included references to 'Village's Code of Ethics, Section 15' and 'General Municipal Law 801' regarding conflict of interest
  • Updated legal status: changed from 'legal counsel will be consulted' to 'legal counsel has been consulted regarding this purchase'
  • Removed RESOLVED clause: 'prior to the purchase, legal counsel will be consulted and recommendations will be followed'
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WHEREAS clauses: - the Village of Red Hook has just acquired a mini-excavator - the mini-excavator travels slowly and is best used by being moved to its location via a trailer - a 7' x 16' equipment trailer is the size that is needed to transport the mini-excavator - Jerome Smith, the Village's DPW Foreman, has offered a 7' x 16' equipment trailer to the Village for $2200 with no delivery charge - we have reviewed 56 quotes for new and used 7' x 16' equipment trailers including the one from Jerome Smith, in adherence with our procurement policy - the quote from Jerome Smith is the lowest even before considering that all ofthe which are higher than $2200, and allothers require delivery - the Village's Code of Ethics, Section 15 in the Village Code, does not prohibit this purchase - the sale to Jerome Smith would be proper because he does not possess the discretionary powers of authorization or approval for this purchase that would create a conflict of interest as defined by General Municipal Law 801 - legal counsel has been consulted regarding this purchase to ensure we are following proper procedure RESOLVED clauses: - that the Village Board of Trustees authorizes the purchase of the 2011 Cross Country 7' x 16' equipment trailer offered by Jerome Smith - prior to the purchase, legal counsel will be consulted and recommendations will be followed -that this equipment be purchased from the Water Fund budget line EW8320.2 – Capital Outlay

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