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Olive Town Board approves Shokan wastewater amendment, designates flood‑outreach leads and signs multiple agreements
Summary
The Olive Town Board on July 14 approved an amendment allowing a streamlined business‑integrity review for Shokan wastewater contractors tied to a $90 million New York City/CWC block grant, designated outreach and assessment leads for the NYC flood buyout program, authorized a highway union contract and approved several operational items including electronics recycling and park signage.
The Olive Town Board on July 14 adopted a series of resolutions and administrative motions that the board said will keep long‑running projects moving and close out several operational items.
Supervisor (meeting chair) introduced and the board approved Resolution 16, an amendment to the Shokan wastewater participating community agreement that recognizes a block grant of $90,000,000 from the Catskill Watershed Corporation (CWC) and New York City and authorizes a simplified, 10‑day business integrity review for prime contractors that the New York City passport system had not approved. The supervisor said the change followed months of negotiations to find an alternate validation process so contractors can proceed.
The board also adopted Resolution 15 to designate Sally Rogers of Cornell Cooperative Extension as outreach lead for Category 4 and Category 5 and to name the Ulster County Soil and Water Conservation District as the assessment lead for Category 4 under the New York City flood buyout (NYC FBO) program. The resolution, the supervisor said, is required for municipalities participating in voluntary NYC‑funded acquisitions and outreach.
Separately, the board authorized the supervisor to sign a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with AFSCME Council 66 Local 750‑1 covering highway employees, approved a no‑cost electronics recycling agreement (the vendor will securely wipe and destroy hard drives and accept specified items under a state‑funded program), and approved personnel adjustments including corrected lifeguard and pool attendant pay rates.
Other actions included approving voucher payments (highway, general fund and special fund vouchers), requesting a speed limit reduction petition to New York State DOT for Crispelle/Cristal Road (Resolution 14), authorizing placement of no‑parking signs on Old Blue 28, changing town court hours on Fridays to noon, and naming several park parcels collectively as Boyseville Park so grant signage can be installed.
Board members voted on the motions and roll calls for the major resolutions were completed during the meeting; the supervisor stated items passed by the board. No board member requested tabling of these measures during the meeting.
What happens next: The Shokan wastewater amendment permits the simplified business integrity review to be used so contractors can be accepted for the project; the board authorized the supervisor to execute the amendment. The speed‑limit petition will be forwarded to Ulster County and New York State DOT for their engineering review and decision, a process the supervisor said can take a year or more.
