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Newburgh board reappoints officials, approves 2025 schedule, budget and personnel actions
Summary
At its Jan. 13 reorganization meeting the Town of Newburgh Board reappointed legal and administrative officers, set meeting and holiday schedules, approved a $2,043,180.18 budget, and enacted personnel and procedural authorizations including a 30‑hour elected‑official workweek and a deputy supervisor take‑home vehicle.
The Town of Newburgh Board completed its annual reorganization Jan. 13, reappointing lawyers and key administrators, approving the 2025 meeting schedule and holidays, and adopting a $2,043,180.18 budget. The board also set personnel and administrative policies for the year, including a 30‑hour minimum workweek for elected officials and authorization for the supervisor to execute certain financial transactions.
The board reappointed Mark C. Taylor as Town Attorney and selected Thomas, Drohan, Waxman, Petigrow & Mayle LLP as labor counsel. MHE Engineering was approved as town engineers and Nugent & Haeussler were named auditors for 2025. The board confirmed a slate of appointments and reappointments across town offices: Lisa M. Vance Ayers as Registrar of Vital Statistics and FOIL officer, Dominique Rivera as Deputy Registrar, court clerks Saziye Mustafa and Abigail Puntar, Gerald Canfield as Town Safety Officer and Confined Space Officer, and Molly Carhart as the Town's sole assessor through September 2025. Ethics Board reappointments for Robert Browning and Donna Burgess were approved.
On administrative rules and financial controls, the board adopted the 2025 calendar of meetings and the holiday schedule; designated Mid‑Hudson Times as an official town publication; named several official bank depositories; set mileage reimbursement consistent with IRS rules; and approved per diem reimbursement rates of $80 per day for the New York State Association of Towns conference and $40 per day for other events. The board authorized the Supervisor to sign checks and to approve certain payments and budget transfers (the minutes record authorization to approve transfers up to $7,500 and to pay utilities and certain departmental allotments prior to audit). Several votes were recorded with Supervisor Gilbert J. Piaquadio abstaining, as reflected in the meeting minutes.
The board also announced department liaison and committee assignments for 2025, appointed a deputy supervisor and granted that position a full‑use take‑home vehicle, and approved the town's official delegate and alternate to the Association of Towns. Planning board appointments were confirmed for terms beginning Jan. 21, 2025. The meeting concluded with a list of 2024 accomplishments read by Supervisor Piaquadio, and adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
Votes at a glance: the meeting minutes record motions and roll calls for each item; key tallies included unanimous approvals on many appointments and motions (typical 5 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain) with select items recorded as 4 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain (including some supervisor‑authorizing motions and the Association of Towns delegate appointments).
