The Peru Gazette

Planning Board Meeting

Roll Call:	PRESENT	ABSENT	EXCUSED
Garrett Mastic, Chair	X
Peter Stone, Vice Chair	X
Daniel Hamilton	X
Mark Hamilton		X
Robert LePage- Resigned			X
Jerry McGovern	X
Patrick McFarlin	X
Justin Wilson, Alt.		X
Alison Webbinaro, Alt.	X
Duane Bibeau, Codes Officer	X
Matthew Favro, Esq.		X

Wednesday, October 14^th, 2026 

Call to Order at 6:00 PM

Pledge of Allegiance

Approval of September 9^th, 2026 Meeting Minutes

Comments: Garrett Mastic shared with the Board the minutes from the last meeting. Mr. Mastic asked if the other Board Members had any changes, correction, deletions or additions. The Board Members did not have any suggestions on this matter.  

Motion: Peter Stone made a motion to approve the minutes as submitted. The motion was seconded by Alison Webbinaro and the motion carried with 5 votes.

Roll Call: Garret Mastic, Chair – Y; Peter Stone, Vice Chair – Y; Daniel Hamilton – Y; Jerry McGovern – Y; Alison Webbinaro, Alt. – Y

Patrick McFarlin entered the meeting at this time. 

Open Floor to Public Hearing

Applications:

1. 1. File # P-2026-011 – Sign Review – Parcel ID# 280.-1-30.8 – 729 Bear Swamp Rd. – Daniels Signs/ Dunkin’ Donuts – 7 EXTERIOR SIGNS FOR DUNKIN’ DONUTS. The overall square footage of the new signs is equal to or less than the current configuration. The road sign and directional signs are exact face swaps. The larger sign on the front of the building will be replaced with a smaller one. An additional sign/pivoting canopy will be added to the east side of the building by the drive-thru.

(Not verbatim) Mr. Mastic opened the floor to public comment.

Jesse Daniels from Daniels Signs is present to represent the project as he is the contractor creating the signs for Dunkin’ Donuts. Mr. Daniels explained the road sign is just a face swap as is the forward directional sign. Dunkin Donuts is rebranding to just “Dunkin’” as they want to broaden focus onto other goods they sell as well. The new sign on the front of the building is half the size of the existing sign, so they would like to use the remaining square footage to add a new sign that would be attached to the building as well. Mr. Mastic pointed out that our zoning laws only allow for 2 signs per business. One free standing and one attached to the building. Because they are proposing to add a second sign on the building, they would have to go in front of the Zoning Board and ask for a variance. The Board is in favor of the signage proposal, so they agreed to vote on approving the second building sign (B) contingent on Zoning Board approval. 

Motion: Garrett Mastic motioned to approve the sign review application OTHER THAN SIGN B as submitted. Peter Stone seconded the motion and the motion carried with 6 votes.

Roll Call: Garret Mastic – Y; Peter Stone – Y; Daniel Hamilton – Y; Jerry McGovern – Y; Patrick McFarlin – Y; Alison Webbinaro – Y

Motion: Patrick McFarlin motioned to conditionally approve sign B contingent upon Zoning Board approval. Peter Stone seconded the motion and the motion carried with 6 votes.

Roll Call: Garret Mastic – Y; Peter Stone – Y; Daniel Hamilton – Y; Jerry McGovern – Y; Patrick McFarlin – Y; Alison Webbinaro – Y 

It was agreed that a SEQR is not required for this project. 

Any Further Business: 

1. Robert LePage’s resignation- Mr. Mastic shared with the board the email resignation letter he received from Mr. LePage on September 19^th, 2026. 

Together, Mr. Mastic and Taylor Swan, Codes/Zoning secretary, came up with a spreadsheet to track seat terms of the Board Members. There was no clear record of this that they could find, so they created it to the best of their knowledge. It is more efficient to assign seat numbers and follow terms of the seat rather than by the person, since we have members swapping positions from time to time. Taylor Swan will keep track of seat changes and terms to ensure each Board Member is serving the correct amount of time per term. 

Chairman- Expires 12/31/2026

Vice- Expires 12/31/2027

Seat 3- Expires 12/31/2028

Seat 4- Expires 12/31/2029

Seat 5- Expires 12/31/2030 (OPEN)

Seat 6- Expires 12/31/2031

Seat 7- (Expired 12/31/2025) ; Expires 12/31/2032

Seat 8, Alt. – Expires 12/31/2032

Seat 9, Alt. – Expires 12/31/2031

Seat 7, currently occupied by Mark Hamilton, expired on 12/31/2025. Mr. Mastic spoke with Mark Hamilton via email and Mr. Hamilton confirmed his intent to stay on the Planning Board. This motion will be sent to the Town Board for their approval. 

Motion: Patrick McFarlin motioned to approve (seat 7) Mark Hamilton’s 7 year term to the Planning Board that began 1/1/2026. Peter Stone seconded the motion and the motion carried with 6 votes. 

Roll Call: Garret Mastic – Y; Peter Stone – Y; Daniel Hamilton – Y; Jerry McGovern – Y; Patrick McFarlin – Y; Alison Webbinaro – Y 

Garrett Mastic discussed his plan for the open chair position (seat 5). He suggests the Board keep seat 5 open until Justin Wilson returns from deployment in December 2026. Mr. Wilson would resume his position as Chairman of the Board, Garrett Mastic would finish out the Vice Chairman term and Peter Stone would then fill Robert LePage’s seat which is set to expire on 12/31/2030. 

The Board Members expressed that they would like to see Garrett Mastic stay in the Chairman position for at least one more year because of the outstanding job he has been doing. Garrett is a very dedicated and strong Chairman. Everyone only has good things to say in support of Garrett staying in this position. They feel it would be better for Justin to come back as Vice Chairman in order to have time to acclimate. This will be a Board decision in the end, so this gives them time to think about their options ahead of time. Jerry McGovern stated how pleased he is with the incredible professionalism of the new Chairman (Garrett Mastic), Codes Officer (Duane Bibeau), and Codes/Zoning Secretary (Taylor Jo Swan). Garrett, Duane and Taylor sincerely appreciate the Board’s kind words and support. This is a very supportive environment and every Board Member is doing the Town of Peru a great service. 

Motion: Patrick McFarlin motioned to approve (Chairman, seat 1) Garrett Mastic’s 7 year term to the Planning Board that will begin 1/1/2027. Alison Webbinaro seconded the motion and the motion carried with 5 votes. 

Roll Call: Garret Mastic – Abstained; Peter Stone – Y; Daniel Hamilton – Y; Jerry McGovern – Y; Patrick McFarlin – Y; Alison Webbinaro – Y 

CEO Report:

Codes Enforcement Office Report 

September 2026

• 21 Building Permits issued
• $9,041.06 in fees collected
• Attended Planning & Town Board Meetings
• Received 1 Planning Board Applications
• Received 1 Zoning Board Applications 
• 15% of time spent on Marina Project
• 5 Certificates of Compliance/Occupancy issued 
  • 1 Of which were Permits From 2025
• 60 Total permit inspections completed
  • 51 Permit inspections completed by DB
• 2 Annual Mobile Home Park/Campground inspections completed
  • 14 Total site inspections within these
• Continued inspections/site visits on open permits
• Review of plans for new construction
• Met with applicants on future construction projects
• Phone calls and emails with applicants, engineers and architects for future projects
• Received 4 new complaints (2 were invalid and voided)
  • Issued Apparent Violation Notices & continued to work towards resolving all violation complaints

Duane Bibeau went over the CEO report with the Board. He further explained the new mobile home park and campground inspections. There are 6 mobile home parks and 4 campgrounds in the Town of Peru. Mrs. Swan created maps for each parcel to assist with the inspections. The codes office will be sending letters to mobile home park owners informing them that each home needs to show their 911 address numbers, visible from the road in case of emergencies per NYS building code. If any other violation or safety issue is found during the annual inspections, the owners of the parcel will be notified and given time to fix all issues. Next year’s inspection photos can be compared to 2026’s to ensure tenants are pulling permits for any building that requires one. Mr. Bibeau discussed pool requirements and restrictions with the Board. 

Motion: Peter Stone made a motion to approve and accept the CEO report as submitted. The motion was seconded by Patrick McFarlin and the motion carried with 6 votes.

Roll Call: Garret Mastic, Chair – Y; Peter Stone – Y; Daniel Hamilton – Y; Jerry McGovern – Y; Patrick McFarlin – Y; Alison Webbinaro – Y

The Town still has not heard from Lake Champlain Lake George Regional in regards to the grant for a new comprehensive plan. The Board will continue to keep their fingers crossed and an eye out for their decision. 

Garrett Mastic shared the new maps created by the Town of Peru engineer/surveyor. Each Board Member received copies of the maps for their binders. This map has been approved since 2019, but the Board never received copies of the new maps for their binders. There were 2 small changes in 2019 that changed zoning districts for a few parcels. Mr. Mastic had trouble finding the original map files, so he worked very hard locating them and getting them to the engineer. Now they are easily obtainable and can be edited, if need be. 

Adjournment: 

Motion: Alison Webbinaro motioned to adjourn the meeting at 6:45 PM. Peter Stone seconded the motion and the motion carried with 6 votes. 

Roll Call: Garret Mastic, Chair – Y; Peter Stone – Y; Daniel Hamilton – Y; Jerry McGovern – Y; Patrick McFarlin – Y; Alison Webbinaro – Y