The Peru Gazette

SEPTEMBER 8, 2025, 6:00 PM Call Meeting to Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call  MOTION/DISCUSSION: To Accept Reports from all Departments: (Water/Sewer/Valcour; Highway; Town Clerk; Dog Control; Youth Department; Code/Zoning; Supervisor’s Report; Court; Website; Banking Reports, and JCEO); MOTION: Acceptance of Minutes for the Regular Meeting of August 25, 2025 Community Input.  DISCUSSION/MOTION:   Approval […]

Call Meeting To Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call MOTION:       To Open the Public Hearing. DISCUSSION:  PROPOSED Local Law #1 of 2025 – “A Local Law to override the tax levy limit established in General Municipal Law §3-c., (if needed) MOTION:      To Close the Public Hearing. MOTION:        […]

By John T Ryan  Peru, NY – The Peru Town Board conducted a brief 35-minute meeting on Monday, August 25. Deputy Supervisor Jim Douglass chaired the meeting. The board authorized spending just over $242,000 in the town’s Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS) monies to pave the Allen Hill Road from the Rod […]

Call Meeting to Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call MOTION: Approval of Minutes for the Regular Meeting of August 11, and Emergency Meeting of August 20, 2025.  Community Input.  RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: To Pass Local Law #1 of 2025 to Exceed the Tax Cap for 2026 Budget if Necessary. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Approval of Letter of Engagement for the […]

Call Meeting To Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call MOTION: To Open the Public Hearing. DISCUSSION: PROPOSED Local Law #1 of 2025 – “A Local Law to override the tax levy limit established in General Municipal Law §3-c. MOTION: To Close the Public Hearing. MOTION: Adjourn

By John T Ryan  Peru, NY – The Peru Town Board hired Bob Guynup as the Code Enforcement Officer (CEO) just over nine years ago on May 23, 2016. At its meeting on Monday, August 11, Supervisor Craig Randall announced that Guynup is retiring, effective September 30. With leave taken into account, his last work […]

Monday, September 8, 2025, 5:45 PM             Public Hearing to Exceed Tax Cap Local Law Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 5:30 PM   Highway Culvert Workshop for Bonding  Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 5:30 PM   Highway Budget Workshop (Downstairs) Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 5:30 PM   Water/Sewer/Valcour Workshop  Tuesday, September 30, […]

Call Meeting to Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call  MOTION/DISCUSSION: To Accept Reports from all Departments: (Water/Sewer/Valcour; Highway; Town Clerk; Dog Control; Youth Department; Code/Zoning; Supervisor’s Report; Court; Website; Banking Reports, and JCEO); MOTION: Acceptance of Minutes for the Regular Meeting of July 28, 2025 Community Input.  DISCUSSION:   AES Northeast to Give Update on […]

All offices are for a Four-Year term of Office.  Clinton County  County Clerk  Democratic – Brandi Lloyd Republican – Jerika Manning District Attorney  Democratic – Andrew Wylie Republican  – No Nominee Treasurer  Democratic – Randy Lozier Republican – Chad Deans Town of Peru  Town Supervisor   Democratic – No Nominee Republican – Craig Randall Town […]

Telegraph Road Culvert: Highway Superintendent Michael Farrell reported that NYSEG is conducting a study on accommodating the massive crane needed to install the road’s new culvert.  Farrell did not know how long NYNEG would take, but said that it’s less and less likely that the project will begin this year. The town was planning to advertise […]

State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Franklin County District Attorney Elizabeth Crawford, and New York State Police Superintendent Steven G. James announced that Bridget Brown, the former treasurer of the Essex County Agricultural Society and former Willsboro town clerk/tax collector, was sentenced to serve five years probation and ordered to pay full restitution of nearly $90,000 […]

Call Meeting to Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call MOTION: Approval of Minutes for the Regular Meeting of July 14, 2025.  Community Input.  RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Approval For LCLG Planning Board To Submit Application For Funding. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Shared Services Agreement with the Town of Jay. MOTION/DISCUSSION: Vandalism at Heyworth Mason Park Porta-Potties. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Resolution Naming NBT Bank […]

By John T Ryan July 14, 2025 Peru Town Board Meeting – Highway Superintendent Michael Farrell shared updates on the Telegraph Road culvert and bridge project, presenting both good and bad news. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved the town engineer’s plans. However, there is an issue with power lines near the existing […]

July 15, 2025 The 2026 property tax levy growth will be capped at 2% for local governments that operate on a calendar-based fiscal year, according to data released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. This figure affects tax cap calculations for all counties, towns, and fire districts, as well as 44 cities and 13 […]

A Peru Town Board Work Session has been scheduled pn July 22 at 4PM at the Peru Town Hall.

Call Meeting to Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call  MOTION/DISCUSSION: To Accept Reports from all Departments: (Water/Sewer/Valcour; Highway; Town Clerk; Dog Control; Youth Department; Code/Zoning; Supervisor’s Report; Court; Website; Banking Reports, and JCEO); MOTION: Acceptance of Minutes for the Regular Meeting of June 23, 2025 Community Input.  DISCUSSION: Approval for Girl Scouts to Build a […]

June 23, 2025, Peru Town Board Meeting – Highway Superintendent Michael Farrell reported electric line relocation issues related to the closed Telegraph Road culvert/bridge that could delay the project. The large crane required to install  the heavy box culvert needs a wide-clearance space, resulting in the relocation of power poles. Thus far, neither of the […]

Call Meeting to Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call MOTION: Approval of Minutes for the Regular Meeting of June 9, 2025.  Community Input.  RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Authorize Signature for Realtor’s Contract to Sell the 7 Jenkins St. Property. MOTION/DISCUSSION: Request for Use of Heyworth Mason Park for Honor Flight Fundraiser. MOTION/DISCUSSION: Request for Use of Heyworth Mason […]

Call Meeting to Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call  MOTION/DISCUSSION: To Accept Reports from all Departments: (Water/Sewer/Valcour; Highway; Town Clerk; Dog Control; Youth Department; Code/Zoning; Supervisor’s Report; Court; Website; Banking Reports, and JCEO); MOTION: Acceptance of Minutes for the Regular Meeting of May 29, 2025 Community Input.  DISCUSSION: Update from AES Engineering on Peru WWTP […]

By John T Ryan  The Board approved three contracts: A $3,000 contract with Artisan Sign and Design to repair the Sullivan Park sign recently damaged by one or more vandals. If Artisan Sign finds damage to the reverse side of the sign, the cost could increase to as high as $5,000. In July 2021, Artisan […]

Note – Agenda updated at the May 29 meeting, Gazette posted May 30 at 9:01 a.m. Call Meeting to Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call MOTION: Approval of Minutes for the Regular Meeting of May 12, 2025.  Community Input.  RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:  Approval of Revised Contract with White Knight Kennels for Dangerous Dog Boarding. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Approval of […]

By John T Ryan Summary of Peru Town Board’s May 12, 2025 Meeting  Paving Bruce Drive was scheduled for Wednesday, May 14.  Once that’s complete the highway department plans to pave Telegraph Rood from the road closure point north to the Bear Swamp Road. The board approved financing for a Highway Department 2025 Western Star […]

Call Meeting to Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call  MOTION/DISCUSSION: To Accept Reports from all Departments: (Water/Sewer/Valcour; Highway; Town Clerk; Dog Control; Youth Department; Code/Zoning; Supervisor’s Report; Court; Website; Banking Reports, and JCEO); MOTION: Acceptance of Minutes for the Regular Meeting of April 28, 2025 Community Input.  RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Approving Bond Resolution for 2025 Western Star […]

By John T Ryan  Several important issues came to the floor at the Monday, April 28, Peru Town Board Meeting, the most important being the board authorizing Supervisor Craig Randall to sign and execute contracts with the wastewater treatment plant’s general, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical contractors. Randall’s said contractors should begin in May, long before […]

Call Meeting to Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call MOTION: Approval of Minutes for the Regular Meeting of April 14, 2025.  Community Input.  DISCUSSION: Update for Culvert Projects by Engineering Ventures. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Approval to Sign and Execute (GC) Contract for PWWTP Project. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Approval to Sign and Execute (E) Contract for PWWTP Project. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Approval […]