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Goshen Town Board: votes, contracts and next steps — a roundup
Summary
At its May 8 meeting the Town Board adopted a scoping document for an IWS solid-waste DEIS, continued the public hearing on a proposed short-term rental ban, scheduled a June 12 hearing on noise/collection-hour changes, and approved routine contracts and extensions including a stormwater agreement, an engagement letter and budget items.
Key outcomes from the Town of Goshen Town Board meeting, May 8:
Votes and formal actions (selected) - Scoping document (IWS solid-waste expansion): Board closed the public scoping session and voted to adopt the scoping document as modified. Outcome: adopted. (Motion recorded and carried.) - Public hearing continuation: The public hearing on the draft local law to prohibit short-term rentals (Introductory local law #13/2024 in meeting materials) remained open; no final adoption occurred. Outcome: continued/public comment ongoing. - Introductory local law votes: - Introductory local law #1 (increase term of town supervisor from 2 to 4 years): Board vote recorded as NAY (no action to send to referendum). Outcome: failed on roll call. - Introductory local law #2 (abolish receiver of taxes, increase town clerk term from 2 to 4 years): Adopted by roll call; will be filed as Local Law No. 1 of 2025 as part of finalization steps. Outcome: adopted by roll call (ayes recorded). - Introductory local law #3 (increase term of highway superintendent from 2 to 4 years): Adopted by roll call 3-1 (one board member voting no). Outcome: adopted. - Noise ordinance (Introductory local law #4): Board set a public hearing for June 12 to consider amendments to Chapter 7 (noise) that would restrict residential refuse-collection hours and revise enforcement procedures. Outcome: public hearing scheduled (June 12). - Lead agency consent for Hartley Road Battery Energy Storage System (BESS): Board consented to the Planning Board acting as lead agency for environmental review. Outcome: consented. - Stormwater management agreement (Chaffey/J.P. Pools): Board authorized the supervisor to sign the stormwater maintenance agreement required by the town's MS4 program and local code. Outcome: authorized. - Engagement letter (Young/Summer) for public-private district work: Board authorized the supervisor to sign a negotiated engagement letter not to exceed $20,000. Outcome: authorized. - Extension of special use permit: Board approved an extension of a special use permit through Sept. 4, 2025, consistent with the applicant's request and prior approvals. Outcome: extension approved. - Event permit (Orange County Bicycle Club/related festival): Board tabled final approval pending corrected insurance certificates and agreement signatures; the board requested updated insurance documentation before final approval. Outcome: tabled. - Administrative and financial votes: Approved minutes of April 24, 2025; authorized accounts payable of $415,619.43; approved year-to-date budget transfers and a staff conference attendance request. Outcome: motions carried.
What comes next - The IWS applicant will prepare a DEIS that must meet the adopted scoping document; the town will await DEC and DOT comments and will require stormwater documentation for completeness. - Attorney will revise the short-term rental draft as requested and post the revised code-insert version online for further public comment; the short-term rental public hearing remains open. - Town attorney will post the noise-law draft revisions (including the collection-hour start time adjustment to 6:00 a.m. favored by the board) and present a clean code insertion before the June 12 hearing. - Applicants for the bicycle event must submit corrected insurance documentation and a signed agreement before the board will finalize the permit.
Recorded motions and outcomes (select actions with vote notes) - Motion to close public scoping session and adopt scoping document as modified — carried (ayes recorded). - Motion to adopt Introductory Local Law #1 (supervisor term to 4 years) — failed on roll call (nays recorded). - Motion to adopt Introductory Local Law #2 (receiver of taxes abolishment; town clerk term to 4 years) — adopted on roll call (ayes recorded). - Motion to adopt Introductory Local Law #3 (highway superintendent term to 4 years) — adopted on roll call (3-1). - Motion to authorize supervisor to sign stormwater management agreement (J.P. Pools) — carried. - Motion to authorize supervisor to sign engagement letter (Young/Summer, $20,000 NTE) — carried. - Motion to extend special use permit to Sept. 4, 2025 — carried. - Motion to schedule public hearing for noise law (Intro law #4) on June 12 — carried. - Motion to authorize payment of accounts payable: $415,619.43 — carried.
The board also asked staff to post documents online, circulate agency comments when received and to provide the public with updated draft code text before subsequent hearings.
