Granby public meetings in 2024
6 substantive meetings from 2024, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Town Board
The Granby Town Board approved a budget amendment transferring $50,000 from Fund Balance to Capital Projects, all in favor. The board also discussed paving Hanley Road, agreeing against using pug mix, and reviewed bridge repair preferences and code enforcement follow-ups. No other formal decisions were made.
- Approved $50,000 transfer from Fund Balance to Capital Projects (unanimous)
- Agreed not to use pug mix for Hanley Road paving (discussion only)
Town Board
The Granby Town Board held a work session where they discussed the county highway mowing agreement and a potential property tax exemption for volunteer firefighters and EMS personnel, but no formal votes were taken on these topics. The board did adopt a resolution affirming the 2023 justice court audit and approved town bills for Abstract #4 and 4P.
- Adopted resolution affirming justice court records audit (all in favor)
- Approved town bills for Abstract #4 and 4P (all in favor)
Town Board
The Granby Town Board approved a $1.3 million Bond Anticipation Note with Roosevelt & Cross at 4.03% interest, renewed Ron Koskowski's recycle/dismantler license, appointed Jane Crego as Planning Board chair and Cheryl Anthony as Zoning Board of Appeals chair, and scheduled interviews for a ZBA vacancy. The board also received the highway inventory and approved financial reports and town bills.
- Approved $1.3M Bond Anticipation Note with Roosevelt & Cross at 4.03% interest (unanimous)
- Approved Ron Koskowski's recycle/dismantler license renewal (unanimous)
- Appointed Jane Crego as Planning Board chair and Cheryl Anthony as ZBA chair until Dec 31, 2024 (unanimous)
- Scheduled ZBA vacancy interviews for March 13, 2024 special meeting (unanimous)
- Received 2023 highway inventory and required superintendent to submit repair costs and purchase recommendations (unanimous)
- Approved Supervisor's and Town Clerk's financial reports (unanimous)
- Approved town bills as audited on Abstracts 3, 3A, 3P (unanimous)
Town Board
The Granby Town Board approved payment of town bills and awarded the 2024 fuel supply contract to Mirabito Energy Products, the only bidder, with set prices for diesel, fuel oil, and gasoline. The board also approved a lease for a new Kyrocera TASKalfa 3554ci copier with 48 monthly payments of $377.00. Discussions were held on subdivision law updates and wireless communications regulations, but no decisions were made on those topics. The annual audit of the Town Clerk and Tax Collector's financial records was conducted.
- Approved payment of town bills as audited on Abstracts 2 and 2P (unanimous)
- Awarded 2024 fuel bid to Mirabito Energy Products (unanimous)
- Approved lease for Kyrocera TASKalfa 3554ci copier, 48 payments of $377/month (unanimous)
Town Board
The Granby Town Board voted unanimously to order a town-wide property reassessment for the 2025 assessment roll, citing a declining equalization rate and inequities across 3,179 parcels. The board also closed Water Service Area 7, approved a new biometric time clock, authorized $84,057 in fund balance for new highway trucks, and removed a parcel from Water Service Area 6A. A motion to increase seasonal highway employees' guaranteed show-up time from three to four hours was defeated.
- Adopted resolution for town-wide reassessment for Assessment Roll Year 2025 (5-0)
- Closed capital project Water Service Area 7, returning remaining funds to Water Fund (5-0)
- Authorized purchase of new biometric time clock from Edmunds GovTech (5-0)
- Assigned $84,057 of fund balance for new highway trucks, with CREST grant covering $175,000 (5-0)
- Excluded tax parcel #286.00-02-18.15 from Water Service Area 6A footprint (5-0)
- Denied motion to amend Employee Handbook for 4-hour minimum show-up time for seasonal highway employees (0-5)
- Approved payment of town bills as audited on Abstract #1 (5-0)
Town Board
The Granby Town Board held its 2024 organizational meeting, unanimously passing 20 resolutions covering official website, bank depository, mileage reimbursement, appointments, and policies. All votes were unanimous with no opposition. The meeting was procedural, setting up the town's operations for the year.
- Adopted Resolution #1-2024: Official town website set to www.granbyny.com (unanimous)
- Adopted Resolution #2-2024: NBT Bank/NA as official depository (unanimous)
- Adopted Resolution #3-2024: IRS mileage reimbursement rate adopted (unanimous)
- Adopted Resolution #7-2024: Jane Crego appointed Planning Board chair, Cheryl Anthony ZBA chair (unanimous)
- Adopted Resolution #10-2024: Thomas Anthony re-appointed to Planning Board until 2030 (unanimous)
- Adopted Resolution #11-2024: Melanie Strong re-appointed to ZBA until 2028 (unanimous)
- Adopted Resolution #19-2024: Appointed officers and staff for 2024 (unanimous)
- Adopted Resolution #20-2024: $50,000 for highway repairs (unanimous)