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Warwick Town Board roundup: personnel changes, contracts, park projects and routine approvals
Summary
The board approved a slate of routine motions including personnel actions (resignations, hires and position changes), contracts for park landscaping and a greenway trail designation, a $6,000 snow/ice control agreement with Tuxedo, and several refunds and fee waivers; most items passed by voice vote.
At its March 26 meeting the Town of Warwick Board approved a series of routine resolutions and administrative actions by unanimous voice vote.
Key approvals included acceptance of the resignation of Police Officer Derek Hoffman (effective April 2, 2026); authorization for the supervisor to sign a 2024/2025 agreement with the Town of Tuxedo for snow and ice control on Old Forge Road for $6,000; and authorization for the supervisor to sign a 3-year contract with the town’s PBA covering 2026–2028.
The board also approved the elimination of a part-time clerk position held by Donna Mars (effective April 4, 2026) and approved creation of two part-time court attendant positions for the justice office. Several personnel appointments were authorized: Joseph McLaughlin, Jesse Thompson, John Shannon, Frank Aliffi and Ignazio Selvaggio were appointed as part-time police officers at the pay rates recorded in the meeting (appointments effective March 28, 2026; Ignazio Selvaggio’s appointment pending Orange County approval).
Other administrative actions included authorization to serve alcohol at town park rental facilities for applicants who filed required insurance certificates; waiving the Pine Island Park rental fee for the Stanfordville PIE program potluck picnic; a refund of $4,700 to Interstate Waste for an overpayment of permit fees; and release of a partial performance bond per the town engineer’s recommendation for property at 5 Hawthorne Road (transcript wording unclear on the exact dollar amount for the partial release).
The board designated the Mountain Lake Loop Trail at Mountain Lake Park as a Greenway Trail, authorized a memorandum with CSEA clarifying paid holidays for nontraditional schedules, and approved small contracts for Centennial Park landscape design ($4,000 to Visionscape) and for Wickham Woodlands Arboretum landscape architecture ($12,500 to Karen Arnt Landscape Architecture / K. Kella). The board also authorized an energy efficiency audit plan agreement with Verigy at no cost to the town.
All listed motions were recorded on the meeting record as moved, seconded and carried by voice vote.
Provenance: Multiple motions and voice votes across the meeting transcript were read and adopted beginning with routine approvals and continuing through parks and contract items.
