Town of Clinton adopts 2025 reorganization resolutions, appoints deputies, sets payroll and mileage rates

The Town Board of Clinton on Jan. 1, 2025, approved a set of reorganization resolutions including appointments, designations of official banks and media, and administrative policies such as establishing biweekly payroll and a mileage reimbursement rate.

The actions taken at the reorganization meeting formalize whom the town will rely on to conduct routine business in 2025 and set administrative policies for staff and elected officials. The board approved appointments, authorized the supervisor to name a deputy supervisor, designated banks and official media, and set pay- and travel-related rules for town personnel.

Key actions approved by the board included reappointment of Councilman Elliot Werner as deputy supervisor for the term Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2025, and the appointment by Town Clerk Carol Mackin of Mary Malloy as first deputy town clerk and deputy vital statistics registrar for the same term. The board also approved a resolution making bonds and insurance for elected and appointed officials part of the official record and directed that the bonds and insurance be filed with the Dutchess County Clerk.

Procedural resolutions passed as a group under numbered resolutions included: resolution number 1 of 2025, making annual appointments to establish town positions and their rates of pay; resolution number 2 of 2025, appointing consulting professionals; resolution number 3 of 2025, designating regular meeting nights for boards and committees; resolution number 4 of 2025, designating official media; resolution number 5 of 2025, designating official banks of deposit for town funds; and resolution number 6 of 2025, making appointments to town boards and committees. Each of those resolutions was put to a voice vote and the board approved them.

The board approved administrative authorizations including: payment of routine contracts and bills (electric, telephone, postage, insurance, bond payments, wages, credit card and copier rentals) upon receipt of billing; authorization for advance payments for seminars and conferences when preapproved; reimbursement for meals at Dutchess County Association meetings up to $35 or actual cost, whichever is less; establishment of biweekly payroll for all town employees with the first payday on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025; and mileage reimbursement of $0.70 per mile for official town business using personal vehicles.

Other items noted in opening remarks and background included the town’s Hometown Heroes banner program (17 banners installed in 2024), a Dutchess County community development block grant obtained by the recreation department to install a pickleball court at Friends Park, and Climate Smart Communities Task Force obtaining bronze certification which made the town eligible for recent grants (a $10,000 award was noted and the town had applied for a $50,000 grant). The remarks also noted use of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for security camera installation at the Town Hall campus, new community room flooring, and replacement windows in Town Hall; contracts were mentioned for refinishing the Town Hall floor,…