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Orangetown Board adopts local law on electronic-record fees, unanimously backs $2.4 million grant application
Summary
At its March 10 meeting the Town of Orangetown Board adopted a local law expanding fees for electronic conversion and storage of records, voted to apply for $2.4 million to renovate the Green Bush Road building into a senior and youth center and approved routine personnel and audit items. All motions passed on voice votes.
ORANGETOWN, N.Y. — The Town of Orangetown Board voted March 10 to adopt a local law amending Chapter 14, Article 4 of the town code to broaden how fees collected for electronic conversion and storage of records may be used.
Supervisor Teresa Kenny presided over the meeting and led the board through a package of procedural votes, including the designation of the board as lead agency for the local law (described in the meeting as a Type II action with no significant adverse environmental impact). The adoption passed on a voice vote.
Why it matters: the local law clarifies permitted uses of fees charged by the building department for electronic conversion, storage of records and the town’s GIS system, a step the board said will support records-management and digitization efforts.
The board also unanimously approved several related records-management actions, including applying for the New York State scanning grant and adopting the LGS-1 retention and disposition schedule for local government records to ensure compliance with state requirements.
“The scanning grant is one we apply for almost every year; someday we will hopefully have everything scanned,” Supervisor Kenny said during the meeting. The board recorded no public speakers on the issue during the hearing.
The meeting opened with a presentation from Commander Larry Kelly of American Legion Post 1044, who told the board the post would present a $5,000 check to the parade committee. “We’re going to present a check for $5,000,” Kelly said.
The board also approved a slate of routine actions by voice vote: acceptance of a memorial bench donation for Blue Hill Golf Course dedicated to members of the FDNY 3rd Battalion; acceptance with regret of the retirement of Teresa Aseta Pew effective April 11, 2026; and the appointment of Eric Peterson as principal registry clerk, probationary grade 10, effective March 23, 2026.
Financial review: the audit presented for approval included warrants and payments described in the meeting record, with line items identified by the clerk including Atlantic Salt ($144,000 for highway salt), CSEA employee benefit fund ($35,000 for dental benefits), Goose Town ($47,000 for technology leases), Helm Key ($39,000 for snow removal), State Controller ($29,000 for justice fines) and Tron Golf ($223,000 for golf course maintenance). The board voted to accept the audit.
The board moved into executive session on a personnel-related matter and said it would close the regular meeting at the end of that session. No further votes were taken on the public record before adjournment.
Provenance: discussion and votes on the local law and related records items are recorded beginning with the public hearing introduction (SEG 153) through the adoption motion (SEG 283–SEG 300). The scanning grant, LGS-1 adoption and related motions are recorded in the meeting transcript at SEG 311–SEG 323.
