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Board discusses golf-course pay, comp-plan nominations, Quaker Lake Road FEMA work and town publicity
Summary
The Pawling Town Board discussed retroactive pay for golf-course employees, the comprehensive-plan nominee list, Quaker Lake Road FEMA repairs, a $577,500 FEMA payout for Cushman, and a Business View magazine feature; the meeting ended with a vote to enter executive session.
Councilwoman Pitt asked the board to consider retroactive payments for two golf-course employees who were paid below the town's new minimum earlier in 2025, and she asked bookkeeping to calculate amounts if owed. "I had sent out a correspondence ... pertaining to golf course employees ... retroactively from 1-1-25," Pitt said, adding she believed the board should make affected employees whole if the town paid them under minimum wage.
Board members and Christine (bookkeeping and budget staff) reviewed prior hourly rates: Christine reported one rate at "14.64" and another at "15," with subsequent increases bringing both above $16. The board agreed to check the applicable municipal/state minimum wage and to have Christine email the board with calculations and the difference owed, if any.
Supervisor Schmidt discussed several community items and projects: he said the town compiled a recommended list of nine nominees (plus alternates) for work on the comprehensive plan and will circulate the list to the board for review. He also announced that Quaker Lake Road reconstruction work — paid with FEMA funds tied to a recent storm — will begin next week, with contractors brought in for work the town cannot handle in-house; he estimated roughly a month for repairs on a section that lost about 200 feet of embankment. "It's starting up there ... it's closed since that storm," the Supervisor said.
Schmidt said the town received an additional $577,500 tied to the July 23 storm for Cushman and thanked staff responsible for FEMA paperwork. He also noted the town's summer event raised roughly $2,300–$2,500 for camp scholarships and thanked volunteers Jeremy Busold and Bill Riley.
On economic development and publicity, Schmidt said Business View magazine will publish a feature on the town in July, interviewing roughly two dozen local businesses and potentially nominating the town for a New York State "Town of the Year" designation.
The board concluded by voting to enter executive session to discuss personnel and other matters described as appropriate for closed-door consideration.
