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Goshen board approves routine motions including attorney hire, $25,000 off‑site contribution and transit safety plan
Summary
At its July 24 meeting the Town of Goshen board authorized hiring a planning-board attorney, accepted a $25,000 off-site improvement contribution from a bus company, approved the 2025 public transportation safety plan, and adopted several administrative motions including payroll runs and a standard workday reporting resolution.
The Town of Goshen Board of Supervisors on July 24 approved a series of routine agenda items, including hiring a new planning-board attorney, accepting an off-site improvement contribution of $25,000 from a bus company, and approving the town’s public transportation agency safety plan for 2025.
The board voted to hire Lino Scarretta of Bleakley, Platt & Schmidt LLP as the planning-board attorney; board members said Scarretta will be the town’s primary attorney from that firm unless a conflict requires another lawyer. The motion to approve and authorize the supervisor to sign the proposal was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.
The board also accepted an off-site improvement contribution agreement with a student bus company and authorized the supervisor to sign; the meeting record notes the town received a $25,000 check. Town staff and the meeting transcript indicated the contribution is to support improvements near the intersection of Route 17A and Industrial Park Drive; the town engineer’s memorandum recommends petitioning the state Department of Transportation to install an “intersection ahead” warning sign and a 50 mph supplemental speed plaque, and the transcript states further construction would be state-funded if DOT performs the work.
Other motions approved by voice vote included authorizing account-payable runs (one for $309,006.79 and a manual run for $20,008.66), approving a budget transfer requested by the budget officer, and approving the standard workday reporting resolution for elected official Amanda Brady. The board also approved the Goshen Dial‑a‑Bus 2025 public transportation agency safety plan.
Why it matters: The attorney hire affects who will advise the planning board; the off‑site contribution and DOT petition set in motion traffic-safety steps associated with a nearby development; the transit safety plan is an administrative requirement for public-transportation funding and operations.
Votes at a glance: Lino Scarretta planning‑board attorney — motion to approve and authorize supervisor to sign; seconded and approved by voice vote. Off‑site improvement contribution agreement (bus company) — motion to accept and authorize supervisor to sign; seconded and approved; $25,000 received. Goshen Dial bus 2025 Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan — motion to approve; seconded and approved. Standard workday reporting resolution (Amanda Brady) — motion to approve; seconded and approved. Account-payable runs (Zipwiser): $309,006.79 payment run and $20,008.66 manual AP run — motions approved.
Meeting procedure: Most votes were approved by voice with “Aye” responses; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript for these items. The board also approved the minutes of the July 10, 2025 meeting and carried over one item (adoption of a map) to the next meeting because of an absence.
The board adjourned following public comment and routine business.
