The Peru Gazette

Pre-pandemic file photo L-R Ton Attorney Matt Favro, Melvin Irwin, Kregg Bruno, Brandy McDonald, Town Clerk Dianne Miller, Jim Douglass, Rick Barber.

By John T. Ryan 

The Board: 

Approved the Town’s annual contract with the Peru Free Library. The Town contributes $80,000 annually toward the library’s operation. 

Gave final approval for the contract between the Town of Peru and the Rifenburg Contracting Corp. of Troy, NY. Rifenburg will carry out the Trunk Sewer Main and Pump Station Reconstruction Project at a cost of $3,709,939.  The project will begin as soon as weather permits and is to be completed no later than June 30, 2022.  Based on the counselors’ comments, Rifenburg works very quickly on projects of this nature.  The Town Sewer Department and its engineers will have to ensure that the work being done complies with specifications. 

Hired Liz Tedford Consulting at a rate of $100 hourly to submit an application to  Bridge New York for funding the Telegraph Rd. – Sullivan Rd. culvert replacement project. Highway Superintendent Michael Farrell noted that C&S engineering would be filing a similar application for replacing a bridge just south of the culvert.  The galvanized tubing in both structures is deteriorating. They were hurriedly installed after the 1998 floods.

Accepted Christine Crawford’s resignation at the Peru Town Court effective February 8, 2021. Mrs. Crawford worked in the court office for five years. Supervisor Brandy McDonald commented that she is a “great worker and a good person.” 

Supervisor McDonald reported that NYSEG still plans to install LED street lights in the hamlet. Problems associated with the ongoing pandemic have delayed the project.