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Wawarsing board approves routine payments, contracts and event permits; adopts software contract for permitting
Summary
The board approved multiple routine items including payments for airport projects, an intermunicipal playground funding agreement, personnel hires and a vendor transition to MUN Collab permitting software; the meeting also included announcements about Route 52 construction, a county microtransit pilot and July events at the airport.
During its regular meeting, the Town of Wawarsing board approved a slate of routine motions and took several administrative actions, and supervisors provided updates on transportation projects and upcoming town events.
Votes at a glance - Intermunicipal agreement: Authorized up to $50,000 for playground equipment at Burrow Park in the village of Ellville; motion approved contingent on village procurement and insurance requirements. - Airport payments and projects: Approved payment to MRB Group for weather-reporting equipment and multiple payment applications to Rock Mountain Farms related to the Joseph Resnick Airport Flight School addition. The transcript contains the recorded payments but several numeric amounts are garbled in the recorded minutes. - Vendor transition for permitting: Authorized a contract with MUN Collab, Inc. (setup/first-year costs not to exceed $36,250; 2027 subscription not to exceed $16,250 with 5% annual increases) and voted to discontinue annual planning-board services from Edmonds GovTech after an overlap period. - Personnel and hires: Approved appointment-title amendments for Kiana Barrett and Joshua Santiago (reclassified from recreation specialist to recreation aid per county civil service), authorized several lifeguard hires and a $1 water-safety instructor increase for certain staff, and approved hiring Isabel Gonzalez as a recreation aid at $15 per hour. - Events/permits: Approved use of Joseph Resnik Airport property July 24 for the Napodok Firehouse 100th anniversary and firefighters convention (DOT approval and additional-insured status required).
Board members also heard departmental updates: the highway crew removed a fallen tree at St. Einfield Cemetery; recreation department hiring is largely complete; the airport is addressing a fuel-pump issue that temporarily halts fuel sales; and the building department reported about $34,600 in permits processed and $4,400 in permit fines issued.
In other business, the supervisor relayed a DOT Region 8 update that Route 52 will be reduced to a single lane with signal control beginning July 1 as the first phase of a multi-year project expected to run through late summer 2028. Ulster County selected the town as a pilot for a microtransit service along the Route 209 corridor; details and schedules remain pending.
The board adjourned after the business was completed. Several items in the minutes list numeric amounts that are partially garbled in the transcript; those amounts are recorded in the town's official voucher and contract files.
