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Votes at a glance — Red Hook Town Board, Sept. 24, 2025
Summary
A roundup of formal votes taken at the Sept. 24 Red Hook Town Board meeting, including water-rate approval, amended purchasing policy, enrollment in a county textile-recycling program, change orders for Saint Margaret's accessibility improvements, and a planning-board appointment.
The following actions were recorded during the Town Board meeting on Sept. 24, 2025. Where available, motions, movers, seconds and vote outcomes are listed as stated on the record.
1) Water rates and charges for Water District No. 1 (Resolution 62) — Approved Motion: "Approve water rates and charges for Water District Number 1." Mover: Jacob. Second: Bill. Vote: recorded as aye by board members present (Robert McKeon, Bill, Jacob). Outcome: approved. (See public hearing and discussion with Red Hook Water Board chair Hank Van Parris.)
2) Amended purchasing and procurement policy (Resolution 63) — Approved Motion: Move to adopt amended purchasing/procurement policy that incorporates the New York State provision allowing up to a 10% price preference for environmentally beneficial products. Mover: Jacob. Second: Bill. Vote: Approved (unanimous on the record). Outcome: approved.
3) Application to join the New York State green purchasing community — Authorized to proceed The board discussed an application to join a green purchasing program and agreed the supervisor will sign the application once prepared. No further board action was required to submit the application; authorization was given to proceed.
4) County textile-recycling program — Town opts in (motion recorded) Motion: Join the Dutchess County textile-recycling effort, including hosting a container at the town recycling center and opting into a curbside/home pickup textile collection program. Mover: board member who seconded. Vote: Approved by voice vote. Outcome: town will participate in both hosting a container and the curbside collection option (program payments described in county materials: $40/ton for bin collections, $140/ton for home-pickup collections, not to exceed $1,500 annually per municipality as described by county representative).
5) Saint Margaret’s accessibility improvements — Authorize two change orders (Resolution 64) — Approved Motion: Authorize change orders for Saint Margaret’s accessibility improvements. The record lists two change orders with amounts read into the record as "$96.50" and "$9,500" (as read at the meeting). Mover: supervisor (motion made by the board); Second: recorded. Vote: Approved (unanimous on the record). Outcome: change orders authorized; warranty recommendation noted.
6) Budget adjustments — Approved Motion: Approve listed budget transfers and adjustments (e.g., highway transfer of $12,000 for sand/patching). Vote: Approved (voice vote recorded). Outcome: budget adjustments enacted.
7) Appointment to planning board — Nancy Lowe Hogan — Approved Motion: Appoint Nancy Lowe Hogan to the Planning Board to fill the vacancy for a seven-year term ending in 2030. Mover: Supervisor Robert McKeon. Second: Bill. Vote: Aye (unanimous). Outcome: appointment confirmed.
8) Enter attorney-client (executive) session — Approved Motion: Move into attorney-client session. Second recorded. Vote: Aye (unanimous). Outcome: board entered closed attorney-client session at the end of the public meeting.
Notes on records: Where amounts, motion text, or vote tallies were ambiguous in the transcript, the item is reported as read into the record. If specific roll-call votes beyond those named were not captured verbatim in the transcript, the minutes show approval by voice vote or unanimous "aye" as recorded.
