CONTENTS It Has Been a Pleasure Serving As Your New Hartford Town Supervisor the Last 14 Months
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Hello Town of New Hartford Residents! CONTENTS It has been a pleasure serving as your New Hartford Town Supervisor the last 14 months. We have accomplished so many things together and we are set to accomplish much more this year. I would like to share with you SUPERVISOR 1 some of the positive things we will be working on this year. My goal is to show residents where their money is being spent. DEAR RESIDENTS 2 We will be completing all our Town Parks projects REPORTING A CONCERN 3 • New pickleball courts • Signage • New dog park area and • Parking Areas training course CURBSIDE PICKUP 3 • Pavilion Revitalization • New Farmer’s Market pavilions • Park Lighting • New playground areas • New Bleachers NYSERDA CLEAN ENERGY 3 The completion of the consolidation of our new town offices at the former Gander Mountain will be done May 1, 2019, which is a cost savings to the residents. ICE MAKER UPGRADE 3 The Town will be undertaking many stormwater projects this year. STORMWATER PROJECTS 3 Upgrading our new chiller and ice maker at the Recreation Center for hockey and skating events. I will be completing NYSERDA for High Impact Action Items to earn Clean Energy Community IT INFRASTRUCTURE 3 designation which will help us to qualify for grants and bring more cost effective environmental solutions to New Hartford. BONDING INFORMATION 3 We have integrated and completed our parks and recreation software for online renting of pavilions. Register for our summer program online at our website: www.townofnewhartfordny.gov which will be launched April 1, 2019. PAVING 3 Our food truck event was a success with over 1,500 residents attending last year. We are reinitiating it this year on Tuesday nights from 4-8 pm beginning May 14th through August 20th, 2019. We will also TOWN HALL 3 be implementing our Farmer’s Market the same days from 3-8 pm. Our annual trash pickup was in such high demand last year, that this year the board decided to EV STATIONS 3 reinstitute it for 2019. In 2019, we will be upgrading all of our street lighting and traffic lights to LED. FIREWORKS 3 We will be replacing our Town of New Hartford welcome signs with a new clean look. NH YOUTH EMPLOYMENT 3 We have received a grant from DEC for $128,000 to install electric vehicle recharging stations at the new Town Hall and should be completed this summer. SUMMER PARKS PROGRAM 3 We will be upgrading 3 of our Police cars to hybrid vehicles. We will also be upgrading our Animal Control Vehicle this year. SUMMER READING PROGRAMS 4 Our firework celebration is on July 5th at Sherrillbrook Park. SUMMER YOUTH/ADULT PROGRAMS 4 Reporting a concern service was such a success last year thanks to all the residents. Please continue to use this tool to let us know about issues and concerns you have at www.townofnewhartfordny.gov. PARKS & REC SCHEDULE 5 - 6 You can read more about these items inside this newsletter. I look forward to working with the Town residents and the many departments to make this another successful year. Thank you to the Town Board for the smart decisions they have been making both financially and environmentally while SENIOR CITIZEN ACTIVITIES 7 focusing on the future of New Hartford. Thank you to the Fire Department, Police, Library, Highway Department and Volunteers that make our town a safe and great place to live. ASSESSOR’S OFFICE 7 Wishing you and your families have a safe and happy summer. Paul A Miscione, MBA TOWN DIRECTORY 7 Town Supervisor Dear Residents Dear Residents It’s been another successful year in the 1st It has been an honor serving the Town as a Ward. We will be completing our Grange Hill Board Member this year. I will be working Stormwater Detention Ponds by June 1st. I on many projects this year with a strong have also advocated to the Board the need emphasis on Senior Services. to repair paving on Grange Hill after this The Town of New Hartford Senior Center has project which they approved. This will be been temporarily meeting in the Willowvale accomplished this summer. Fire District building since last year. Members are eagerly awaiting the move to As you know it was also a great concern of mine to repave Snowden their new home at the Gander Mountain Town Offices in the Orchards Hill Road due the high volume of traffic. This summer we will be able on Middlesettlement Rd., scheduled for early April. The new facility to repave this thanks to the collaboration of our Town Board. will be highlighted by advanced feature appliances used to provide nutritional meals to over 75 seniors on a daily basis. I want to thank all of the residents for their support and will keep working on stormwater projects and public safety in the 1st ward. We are looking forward to expand the opportunities for social and recreational activities, exercise classes, day trips and other forms of See you this summer at one of our many new programs at the Park social gatherings to meet the needs of our energetic senior population this year. that represents over 20% of the town’s population. There are no dues and we welcome new members to share experiences James Messa and make new friends. Town of New Hartford 1st Ward Councilman We will be adding many more services this year. Can’t wait to see you there. Richard Lenart Dear Residents Town of New Hartford 2nd Ward Councilman Melting snow and spring rains bring the Dear Residents ongoing issue of storm water management. In the past months progress has been made I am Rich Woodland, the 4th ward Councilman for the Town of New Hartford. to provide a potential sight for a retention The 4th Ward is a unique mix of residential area in an identified drainage catchment and agricultural properties along with being area. This project combined with other home to the commercial corridor of the Town of New Hartford. During my time as the 4th recent improvements will continue the Towns Ward Councilman, there has been significant commitment to protect our infrastructure and homeowners property. economic development throughout the Funding a large project that will affect hundreds of homes will require Ward. a partnership with Oneida County and the acquisition of grant dollars. I have been involved in the National Grid audits and the audit of the Lighting Districts which are still ongoing. These audits have already identified several issues regarding inconsistencies and errors that Preserving our neighborhoods and insuring public safety is always resulted in overcharges. The town will be credited and reimbursed with a top priority. Strong codes and the importance of our nuisance interest for these overcharges by National Grid. The town anticipates abatement law provides a way to help insure we all can enjoy our continued cost-savings upon going LED in the Lighting Districts. homes, neighborhood, and an ever progressive Town of New Hartford. I will also be working on upgrading all of our employee handbooks We continue to explore and implement: and internal procedures. As a member of the ethics committee, I will keep transparency and fairness as the board and I have always done. If I am honored to become your councilman again next year, I will • Improvements to our parks and trail system spearhead an aggressive campaign to improve our solar laws when • Solar power and energy efficient buildings we upgrade our comprehensive plan next year. • Shared services and equipment This year I have also advocated to pave Evalon Road, Applewood • Measured commercial growth Entrance and Clinton View Road. I look forward to working with all of the residents this spring at the David M. Reynolds Town functions. Town of New Hartford Richard B. Woodland 3rd Ward Councilman Town of New Hartford 4th Ward Councilman 2 www.townofnewhartfordny.gov TOWN OF NEW HARTFORD REPORTING A CONCERN SERVICE Having an issue or see an issue in the Town? Now you can go to the new Town website: www.townofnewhartfordny.gov and on the right side of the front page click on report a concern. Complete the form and hit submit and your concern will be emailed to Town Supervisor, Paul Miscione and Highway Superintendent, Richard Sherman. CURBSIDE TRASH PICKUP REINSTATED PAVING Last year’s curbside pickup was a success. I want to thank all the residents that We have increased our paving budget by 17% this year giving the opportunity to participated and followed the guidelines, making the process run smoothly. The Board add many more new roads to this year’s paving projects. has approved to once again implement this great service. This will take place in the month of June. You can find the schedule in the Highway Department section of this newsletter and also on the Town’s website at: www.townofnewhartfordny.gov under TOWN HALL Service, Highway Department Services. Our new state of the art Town Hall project has been a success. We have been on time and on budget. The Town Supervisor has been running the day to day project NYSERDA CLEAN ENERGY COMMUNITY DESIGNATION management of the building at no charge, which has been an overall savings of an additional $96,000 to the project. The new building will not only be a cost savings This year I will be completing the 4 High Impact Action Items which are: to the town in the future but also gives it a more professional look. (✓ indicates those that are complete) Clean Fleets – Install electric vehicle charging stations or deploy alternative fuel EV STATIONS vehicles ✓ DEC has awarded us a $128,000 grant to deploy 6 new electric vehicle stations at Energy Code Enforcement Training – Train compliance officers in energy code best the new Town Hall.