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Mon Apr 27, 2026
Environmental Management Council
EMC meets for routine updates, no major decisions
This is a procedural meeting of the Columbia County Environmental Management Council. The agenda includes updates on membership, town CACs, a newsletter, and a health department report. No votes, ordinances, or financial actions are scheduled.
- Discussion of newsletter with Cara B. traveling
- Additional outreach opportunities with the Board of Supervisors
- County Health Department report
- Review of hybrid meeting format
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✓ Decided: Council met without quorum; no actions were approved
The Environmental Management Council met on April 27, 2026 but did not have a quorum, so no formal actions were taken. Members discussed the chair position, town updates, outreach ideas, and a recent gasoline spill, but all items remained informational. The next meeting is scheduled for June 22, 2026.
📄 From the agenda
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COLUMBIA COUNTY
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COUNCIL
EMC AGENDA and Notes – April 27, 2026 DRAFT
1. Welcome
2. Chair Position
3. Membership List
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kn3YgY6s-ggAn2VKmF10d-
4cy1XhDW2p/edit
4. Town CAC Updates
5. Newsletter – Cara B.- Cara i s traveling, so we will discuss
6. Additional Outreach Opportunities with BOS
7. Additional Agen da Items for Upcoming Meetings
8. C ounty Health Department Report
9. Other Business
10. Next meeting June 22nd
11. Hybrid Meeting Format
12. Adjourn- All
📄 From the minutes
Extracted text of the official minutes document (automated extraction — may contain OCR/formatting errors).
COLUMBIA COUNTY
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COUNCIL
E MC AGENDA and Notes – April 27, 2026 DRAFT
1. Welcome- No quorum
2. Chair Position- Colleen will put a call for the chair position. Should be a member
of the EMC. Reach out to the Hudson CAC for a member.
3. Membership List- https://docs.google.com/d ocument/d/1kn3YgY6s-
ggAn2VKmF10d-4cy1XhDW2p/edit
4. Town CAC Updates
Bob Schenker - Planted tree. Earth Day- Shared video about micro
plastics for Earth Day. There was a roadside cleanup.
Chatham- Planted tree for Earth Day. Grant NYS DEC Invasives - Krellen
P ond Phragmites will be remediated. Habitat Mapping using QGIS and
Avenza Hawthorne Valley, including town properties and Allen Deveau
Bird Sanctuary. Interesting to do ground truthing . Three properties
covered, Town properties.
Christian S. - Received gra nt money and hired a consultant to do an NRI.
Planted 5 trees, Service Berry. Nature Trail on 9J gets sand washed
across the road during high rains. The State built a catchment basin, and
some of the sandy soils are coming from the conservation area, impac ting
the ravine length. A small grant was received and the town built a bridge.
This year the trail will be re-routed to the new bridge and some areas that
were washed out.
Riversweep May 1st week, 5 sites to do, Sandbar park , Nutten Hook, Ice
House Road, Stuyvesant Landing, DEC campground area, Swire
Preserve.
Bronze Certification is in the works
Repair Cafe
Mary King - Riversweep at Roe Jan Park and pla
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🌐 County-level context
County-level context — from BLS, IRS, FEMA, HUD, Census. These figures cover the whole county this city sits in, not just the city itself.
Traffic fatalities5 (2024)
Fair Market Rent (2BR)$1,347/mo (722 assisted households · 2025)
Sources: BLS LAUS, IRS SOI, FEMA, NHTSA FARS, Census CBP, HUD