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Rhinebeck board adopts vehicle-and-traffic local law, OKs NYSERDA-funded heat-pump RFP and multiple routine resolutions
Summary
On Nov. 24 the Rhinebeck Town Board unanimously enacted a local law updating chapter 113 (vehicles and traffic), empowered enforcement for winter removals, and approved several resolutions including an IMA with Dutchess County, a NYSERDA-funded $100,000 heat-pump RFP, cemetery tree procurement, a Grasmere water map and routine fiscal items.
Rhinebeck — The Rhinebeck Town Board on Nov. 24 unanimously adopted a local law amending chapter 113 of the town code governing vehicles and traffic, and passed a package of routine resolutions including an intermunicipal procurement agreement with Dutchess County and authorization of a heat-pump request for proposals funded by a $100,000 NYSERDA grant.
The board’s adopted local law adds provisions on parking, standing and stopping, removal and storage of vehicles, and penalties for traffic infractions. The presiding official told the board the law “will also empower Bob to impound tow and ticket,” but noted the local law must be filed with the New York State Department of State before the town can adopt parking regulations by resolution.
Board members moved and approved a series of resolutions during the meeting. The board approved Resolution 2025-255, an amendment/extension of the town’s intermunicipal agreement with Dutchess County for procurement services. It also approved Resolution 2025-256, authorizing an RFP for heat pumps that the presiding official said is supported by a $100,000 NYSERDA grant; the presiding official thanked Joan for securing the funding. Other measures approved included Resolution 2025-257 to use county procurement for cemetery/tree work after recent microburst storm damage, Resolution 2025-258 authorizing the supervisor to sign an extraterritorial water mapping for Grasmere (a step the official said is moving a hotel development forward), purchase and service arrangements for a new court copier, Resolution 2025-261 disposing of obsolete office equipment and fixed assets, Resolution 2025-262 for destruction of municipal documents, and capital-projects checks/abstracts under Resolutions 2025-263 and 2025-264.
Votes were recorded as unanimous in open session. The board discussed a timing constraint the presiding official highlighted: the vehicle-and-traffic law must be filed with the Department of State before specific parking regulations can be adopted; the presiding official said those parking rules could be considered at the board’s December meeting. The board also noted the tree work authorized under the cemetery resolution is larger than prior years “because of all the microburst storms we’ve had,” and that work volume appears roughly double previous levels.
The meeting included routine procedural items — approval of prior minutes and vouchers — and concluded with a motion to enter an executive session for legal matters and appointments.
Votes at a glance: Res. 2025-255 (IMA with Dutchess County) — passed unanimously; Res. 2025-256 (heat pump RFP, NYSERDA funding) — passed unanimously; Res. 2025-257 (county procurement for cemetery/tree work) — passed unanimously; Res. 2025-258 (Grasmere extraterritorial water map) — passed unanimously; Res. 2025-261 (disposal of assets) — passed unanimously; Res. 2025-262 (destruction of documents) — passed unanimously; Res. 2025-263 & 2025-264 (capital projects checks/abstract) — passed unanimously.
Next steps: The presiding official said the adopted local law will be filed with the New York State Department of State, and the board expects to consider parking regulations in December once the filing is complete. The executive session that followed addressed legal matters and appointments and was not expected to produce open-session votes.
