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Town Board approves appointments, warranty, appraisal bid and highway resolutions
Summary
At the January meeting the Hague Town Board approved a set of routine personnel and operational actions: appointment of a deputy clerk and boat-launch manager, conference attendance approvals, a three-year AED warranty, awarding an appraisal contract for Article 7 litigation, and two highway-related resolutions regarding 8-hour workdays and discretionary personal-day authority for the highway superintendent.
The Town Board approved multiple routine motions during the meeting.
Personnel and administrative approvals included appointing Sandy Swanson as deputy town clerk at $18 per hour with a 60-day review, and appointing Patricia Hinsley as boat‑launch manager for 2025. The board also approved school-advisory members’ attendance at the Rural Schools Association of New York conference in Lake Placid and authorized a three-year extended warranty covering two AED units described in the packet at a total cost the packet listed as $500 for three years for both units ($250 per device over three years).
On contracts and litigation support, the board accepted a bid from James Beatty Appraisals to provide an appraisal related to Cartwright Article 7 litigation for $2,200. For highway operations, the board passed a resolution authorizing year‑round 8‑hour workdays for highway employees (superseding resolutions 64 and 79 of 2023) and a separate resolution granting the highway superintendent limited authority to grant an 8‑hour personal or vacation day without loss of overtime under specified safety-related conditions; the superintendent must submit a signed letter to the bookkeeper each time the discretionary day is granted.
All motions recorded in the transcript were carried by voice vote at the meeting.
Provenance: topicintro: SEG 666; topfinish: SEG 1344.
