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Votes at a glance: Red Hook board approves water-district map task order, records grant application and library partnership
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Summary
The Red Hook Town Board on March 25 approved an amended engineering task order for the proposed water district map and report, authorized a $75,000 LGRMIF records-management grant application, and agreed to partner with the library on Dolly Parton's Imagination Library; several committee appointments were also recorded.
The Red Hook Town Board approved several formal actions at its March 25 meeting, including an amended engineering task order for the proposed water district, a resolution to apply for a New York State records-management grant, multiple appointments, and a library partnership.
The board voted 4-0 to approve an amended task order with Ty & Bond to prepare the map, plan and report for the proposed water district (amendment to 2024 task order #9; recorded as task order #3 of 2026) at a revised engineering fee of $13,500. Board members discussed that $40,000 in ARPA funds had been previously set aside for work related to the project and that legal-fee estimates remain outstanding. The motion to approve was moved by the chair and seconded by Christina; the clerk recorded four ayes.
Separately, the board adopted Resolution No. 12 authorizing application to the New York State Local Government Records Management Improvement Fund (LGRMIF) for $75,000 to inventory inactive records, train two part-time records clerks and implement the State's LGS-1 retention schedule. Deanna, the town's records-management officer, told the board an inventory would free storage space (the town reportedly has about 2,074 cubic feet in use and approximately 186 cubic feet of remaining capacity). The motion to apply for the grant passed by voice vote.
The board also voted to partner with the Red Hook Public Library on Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, agreeing to cover 50% of the per-child cost (the library estimated $2.20 per month per child and proposed an initial enrollment goal of 195 children). Members asked for additional detail about the source of a cited third-grade proficiency figure before final budget allocation; the board nonetheless approved the partnership motion 4-0.
Other actions recorded at the meeting included multiple advisory-board appointments and reappointments (including an appointed seat on the comprehensive-plan steering committee). The meeting closed with a voice vote to enter executive session to discuss a negotiating matter.
