Town of Clinton board approves multiple contracts, hiring and warrants; electricity MOU fails

The Town of Clinton Town Board on Feb. 11 approved a package of routine and budgetary actions — including a deferred compensation plan for employees, a planning‑consultant contract, participation in the Sourcewell cooperative purchasing program, several staff appointments and the month’s warrants — while voting down a proposed memorandum of understanding tied to a community choice aggregation electricity procurement.

The board approved a resolution adopting the New York State Deferred Compensation Plan for voluntary employee participation, effective Feb. 11, 2025. The board’s bookkeeper, Van Norsten Houlihan, told the board she would not charge extra to implement the program; the measure passed on a voice vote with the board chair calling “Aye.”

The board also approved a contract with Nelson, Pope & Voorhees LLC to provide planning‑board consultation and to serve as consultants to applicants who pay escrow fees. During discussion a board member clarified that the contract is a vendor agreement distinct from a separate vote at a prior meeting to establish an escrow policy for application review. The Nelson, Pope & Voorhees contract passed on a voice vote.

Separately the…