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Trustee Uku DPW Report for October 2025

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Trustee Uku DPW Report for October 2025

Nov 17, 2025

Highway Department:

Materials Management

Here are this month’s costs and expenses. Please refer to the attached Resource Recovery Data Report.

Trash & Recycling Pickup

Trash & recycling must be out before 5am on Monday mornings. Cardboard bundles should be bound together with string or tape. Paper recycling should be placed loose within a lidded tub or bin.

Recycling pickup alternates between Yellow (paper & cardboard) & Blue (metal, plastic & glass). The Dual-Stream Recycling calendar and guide is available at Village Hall, and at redhookvillage.org/recycle

Bulk Item tags are available for purchase at the Clerk's office.

Food Waste Dropoff

Residents are welcome to join the Village’s Food Waste Collection Program , made possible in part by a composting grant from Dutchess County. Sign up in person at Village Hall, by phone, or online.

Brush / Yard Waste Pickup

Pickups are scheduled for the first full week of every month, pending weather conditions and scheduling. Residents are reminded of the following:

  • Avoid creating long-term piles, place piles out just prior to pick-up week.

  • Lawn clippings and brush should be set out in separate piles.

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

  • Piles should not include construction debris, garbage, stumps, and/or branches over 6” in diameter

  • Yard waste piles should never cover water or sewer shut offs or on top of fiberoptic ground vaults.

Snow Removal & Seasonal Parking Rules:

No all-night street parking is permitted in the Village from November 1st - March 31st. Vehicles parked on the streets between 11 PM - 6 AM may be ticketed and towed at the owner's expense.

Property owners are reminded to remove athletic equipment, garbage receptacles and/or any other temporary

obstacles from the side of streets to prevent their damage during snow removal operations.

The owner and/or occupant of every building/lot in the village with an adjoining sidewalk, is required to remove snow and ice within 24 hrs of the end of a snowstorm. The Village Highway Department may remove uncleared snow/ice , at the cost of $2.00 per linear foot to the property owner. Charges will be assessed and collected with the next tax levy.

Trustee Uku DPW Report for October 2025

Nov 17, 2025

Scrap Metal Program:

Scrap Metal Program:
Revenue received (10/31/25) since the last report was$492.00
Total revenue for this Fiscal Year (Jun 2025- May 2026) to date is$2914.20
Since the Program’s inception, in Sep 2007, donations have yielded a total of$58431.44
Proceeds from the program go towards the purchase of tools & equipment for the Public Works Dept.
Residents & businesses interested in donating metal may contact the Village Clerk’s ofce to schedule a pickup.
(845) 758-1081

Street Light Complaints:

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

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).

Foreman Appreciation, or, “Giving Jake his Flowers” :

Thank you Jake for receiving the Village Green tree order at Highway Garage on Wed 11/5, and for making the time to confirm for the committee that the 7488 N. Broadway planting location was suitable for digging. And a big thank you to everyone for the most successful Village Halloween Night since records have been kept.

francesuku@redhookvillage.gov

Changes between versions

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The document was truncated from a comprehensive Trustee report to only the Utility Billing Report section.

  • Title changed from 'Trustee Smith Reports (Water Use, Events, Utility Billing) — November 2025' to 'Utility Billing Report — November 2025'
  • Removed 'Water Use' section containing data on 6.5 million gallons treated and chlorine residuals
  • Removed 'Events' section regarding the Chamber of Commerce Tree Lighting and upcoming Menorah lighting
  • Removed 'Grants' section regarding Hudson River Valley Greenway Compact grants
  • Removed 'School Speed Zone' section regarding Linden Ave speed limit and Robert Balkind's office
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December Reports - Amy Smith ## **Water Use** In November, the Village of Red Hook treated a little over 6.5 million gallons (6,538,703) for an average of nearly 22,000 per day (21,796). The high was 273,300 gallons on November 5 and the low was 206,800 gallons on November 11. Average daily chlorine residuals in those gallons for November was 1.4 mg/liter with a high of 2.11 mg/l on November 7 and a low of 0.68 mg/l on November 22. Three locations were tested on November 13 and all samples were all negative for e.coli and coliform. ## **Events** The Village Tree LIghting event by the Chamber of Commerce was a fun, if chilly time. The Chamber did a great job of bringing businesses and residents together; the RHPD and the Village Department of Public Works employees made the event both more fun and safer by closing the block across from the tree. I encourage everyone to come out for the next community event in the Village - the lighting of the menorah at the top of the municipal parking lot with Rabbi Hecht from Dutchess Chabad - Rhinebeck Jewish Center. The lighting will be just after sundown on Monday, Dec 15. ## **Grants** While we wait to hear back from the Hudson River Valley Greenway Compact grants – should be any day now, I’ve been researching smaller grants that would supplement the Village’s in-kind match. These include sources that the Village could potentially use to pay for plantings, signs and lighting. ## **School Speed Zone** I’m waiting on the letter from the County; Robert Balkind’s office is sending a letter to indicate the County’s lack of objection to changing the speed limit on Linden Ave near the schools. The letter was delayed by the office’s Thanksgiving vacation plans. But, I got a written commitment to completing it by the end of this week. That letter remains the only piece missing from our submission to the state for a new school speed zone. As a reminder, establishing a school speed zone is one step of the plan for getting the Villagewide speed limit reduced. Finally, since our last meeting, I’ve worked with the deputy mayor on handouts about social service resources and started the new work with the mayor to help with revisions and development of personnel policies and procedures for the Village. ## Utility Billing Report Water/Sewer Department November 2025 |Utility Billing Report<br>Water/Sewer Department<br>November 2025|| |---|---| |Utility Bills Issued|$582.52| |Penalties/Finance Charges Issued|$1,506.04| |Utility Payments Received|$30,796.82| |Accounts Receivable Outstanding to the Village as of 12/1/2025|$23,299.26| Bill Adjustments[1] - None Submitted by, Jennifer Cavanaugh, Water/Sewer Clerk > 1 All adjustments must be approved by Water Department and Mayor and reviewed by Board of Trustees. One adjustment allowed per 5-year period.

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