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Menands holds informational session after residents flag mismatched Glenwood Road numbers
Summary
Residents told the Menands Village Board that house numbers on Glenwood Road do not match county parcel identifiers, causing misplaced utility bills and other problems; the board will reconvene with county clerk and assessor and include resident representatives to identify a fix.
An informational session held at the Menands Village Board meeting on Oct. 7 focused on persistent mismatches between house numbers on Glenwood Road and county parcel identifiers, a discrepancy residents said has caused misdirected utilities, escrow errors and risks to emergency response.
The village official leading the discussion said the board hired an engineer to review the issue and that early investigation shows the problem stems from differences between the physical house numbers and the county’s parcel identification system (referred to in the meeting as SBLs). The official said the village will regroup with the county clerk’s office, the county assessor and 9-1-1 to evaluate options and potential legal or administrative ramifications.
Residents described multiple, concrete consequences. One resident said a household had its power shut off because a utility matched records to the wrong property. Another attendee who reviewed county records at the Hall of Records said maps and deeds matched prior lot numbers until a change in the roll-keeping system around 1974, when a different tax-lot number began appearing in the county address line.
"We have evidence that the county records may have been changed when the tax roll moved to a different format," a resident said, noting the Hall of Records and tax maps. The board acknowledged that evidence and agreed to include county officials in the next round of meetings.
No decision was made at the session. The village official said the board hopes to have a plan that could be implemented as early as January but emphasized the schedule is not set in stone. The board asked residents on Glenwood Road to nominate two representatives to join a working group that will meet with the village, the engineer and county staff. The village also said it will investigate the legal implications of switching either the parcel registration or the house-numbering scheme so that addresses and parcel IDs align.
The board’s next steps are procedural: assemble the working group, confirm county participation, complete the engineer’s analysis and return to the board for any formal changes. The board closed the informational portion of the meeting and proceeded to its regular agenda.
