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Cairo board adopts 2025 meeting calendar, appointments and pay schedules in reorganizational session
Summary
At its Jan. 2, 2024 reorganizational meeting the Cairo Town Board set the 2025 meeting schedule and holidays, appointed officers and committee members, approved salaries and pay rates, and authorized several administrative actions including investments, highway purchasing limits and a phone/fax conversion.
The Town Board of Cairo convened its reorganizational meeting on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2024, recorded the attendance of Council Members Debra Bogins, Mary‑Jo Cords, Michael Flaherty and Timothy Murphy, and noted Supervisor Jason Watts was absent.
The board approved a series of administrative resolutions to govern 2025 operations: it set the regular meeting dates and two specified exceptions (Resolution 2025‑001), adopted the town's list of holidays for 2025 (Resolution 2025‑002), designated the Daily Mail as the official newspaper (Resolution 2025‑005), and authorized the supervisor to invest town funds (Resolution 2025‑006) and to use the Bank of Greene County, Cairo branch as the official depository (Resolution 2025‑007).
In personnel and appointments, the board reappointed and confirmed multiple roles across departments: Debra Bogins was appointed Deputy Supervisor (Resolution 2025‑010; Bogins abstained), Kacie Munster continued as Highway Office Administrator (Resolution 2024‑019), Janice Hull continued as Sole Assessor (Resolution 2024‑027), and Joseph Hasenkopf was reappointed to leadership roles including Fossil Forest and Planning Board positions (Resolutions 2025‑013 and 2024‑035). The board also appointed Tal G. Rappleyea, Esq. as Town Attorney at a $1,000 monthly retainer and $175/hour outside the retainer (Resolution 2024‑021).
The board approved compensation schedules: elected officials' salaries were set per the 2025 budget (example figures in the minutes include Town Clerk $32,960 and Superintendent of Highways $55,620), part‑time highway pay scales were established with differentiated rates based on skills, and a list of department hourly rates and stipends was adopted across court, parks, code, police and other functions.
Not all procedural proposals passed: Resolution 2025‑003, which would have required written submissions for agenda items two business days prior and set report deadlines for departments, was recorded as denied (all recorded votes Nay).
Financial approvals included acceptance of a sewer penalty of $1,721.67 and authorization of Abstract #312 (V4 #00874‑00967) for payment totaling $456,420.67 across funds (General $308,249.02; Highway $134,087.45; Street Lighting $5,952.98; Sewer $2,643.97; Trust & Agency $1,808.75; Water $3,678.50) (Resolution 2024‑041).
The board authorized the Superintendent of Highways to certify payrolls and make purchases up to $5,000 outside state and county contracts and to purchase specified items under state contract and Greene County bids (Resolution 2025‑009). The board also authorized a phone/fax conversion to a digital integrated Voice & e‑Fax system with bullseye+Lingo, citing an annual cost savings of $2,023.68 (Resolution 2024‑038).
The meeting ended after the board accepted the Supervisor's monthly report for December 2024 (Town Law §125) and adjourned at 8:13 p.m.
Votes at a glance
- Resolution 2025‑001 (Set meeting dates): Passed (Watts absent; other members recorded Aye). - Resolution 2025‑002 (Holidays): Passed (Watts absent; other members recorded Aye). - Resolution 2025‑003 (Submission deadline for agenda): Denied (recorded vote: Bogins, Cords, Flaherty, Murphy Nay). - Resolution 2025‑004 (Public Records Officer/Appellate Officer): Passed (Town Clerk Kayla McAlister appointed as Records Officer; Supervisor Jason Watts appointed as Appeals Officer; Watts absent at roll call). - Resolution 2024‑041 (Abstract #312 payments): Passed; total $456,420.67 authorized for payment.
The minutes record a number of additional appointments and pay decisions across police, highway, planning, zoning, court and parks departments; the full list of resolutions and roll-call votes is recorded in the official minutes.
