Clifton Park agenda session advances 18 resolutions, including Fourth of July overtime, sewer conveyance and YMCA sign

Clifton Park’s agenda session on June 16 reviewed 18 proposed resolutions and voted to forward the entire slate to the town board agenda. The slate included pay for holiday security staffing, several donation‑funded installations, equipment purchases, and infrastructure and utility items.

The chair opened the meeting and summarized the packet, saying the town planned to authorize “time and a half pay for part‑time security officers” working the Fourth of July celebration so those employees receive extra holiday compensation for a very long day. The chair presented each resolution in turn and noted several items were donations or routine maintenance requests.

The session listed notable items including: donor-funded yard hydrants at the Robin Wood entrance and Vista Court; authorization to replace a double‑arm light pole on Clifton Country Road damaged in a 2025 car accident; an upgrade to the transfer‑station gate controller because the existing board has repeatedly malfunctioned; and a proposed conveyance of any town interest in a Windsor Development sewer line to the Saratoga County Sewer District (the chair said the line — described as running roughly from Wendy’s to Staples — should have been deeded to the county in the late 1980s and that the county is willing to accept it). The county acceptance was confirmed in the session by Michael O’Brien, who responded to the chair’s explanation.

Other resolutions would: retain KB Engineering to prepare WEIA grant and loan applications for the East Side Drive Water District project; acknowledge a cost increase related to five plow truck chassis ordered in 2022 (the presenter said model years advanced to 2024 and stated the current additional cost is $45,000 for the five trucks, a figure the presenter contrasted with an earlier $414,000 estimate); accept a quote for slip lining storm pipes; correct head lifeguard pay rates and authorize hiring of lifeguards and water safety instructors for summer 2026; adopt retirement reporting for certain elected and appointed officials in the New York State retirement system who do not use timekeeping; appoint Nicole Richard as deputy town clerk; accept the Clifton Park Rotary’s Peace Pole donation for Town Center Park; authorize payment to National Grid for streetlight make‑ready work; purchase mosquito dunks for resident distribution; authorize a right‑of‑way agreement with the YMCA for a freestanding sign; rebid and move forward with Dutch Meadow pump station upgrades after receiving a low bid of $159,250; and authorize a new Toshiba for the senior center because current equipment is nearing end of service.

After the chair asked whether any items required separate votes and none were requested, the board moved and seconded a single block motion to include all 18 resolutions on the town board agenda as presented. A committee member voiced opposition to the block inclusion, saying, “I opposed,” but the motion carried and the slate will appear on the town board agenda. The agenda session then voted to adjourn, with one opposed voice again noted in the record.

What’s next: The agenda session advanced the items for formal consideration at the town board meeting; specific vote tallies or roll‑call votes on each resolution were not recorded in the agenda session transcript provided here. If any item is pulled for separate consideration at the board meeting, that will be recorded in the town board minutes.