The Peru Gazette

AGENDA, TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING, December 27, 2010 @ 7:00 PM 1. Call Meeting To Order 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Roll Call 4. MOTION: Approval of minutes for the December 13, 2010 Regular Meeting. 5. Community Input and Questions 6. DISCUSSION/RESOLUTION: Fund Transfers. 7. DISCUSSION/RESOLUTION: Internet Tax Payments 8. DISCUSSION/MOTION: 2011 Dog Licensing/Town Dog […]

On December 27th at 6:45 p.m. the Town of Peru will conduct a public hearing to hear citizen comments on a revised Dog Control Law. The Peru Gazette asked Town Supervisor Peter Glushko to describe the proposed changes.  He responded: One big change is in the licensing procedures. NYS Agriculture and Markets no longer wants to […]

By Donald McBrayer The Peru Town Board held its regular meeting on Monday, December 13. Everyone except Councilor Jim Douglass, who was excused, was present. Meeting actions included: ·    Due to liability issues, the town cannot maintain the School Street sidewalk until the town accepts it. Acceptance of the sidewalk is dependent upon the passing of […]

By John T. Ryan The Peru Youth Commission’s annual Christmas Tree Lighting (click here for photos) was held before its usual large crowd on Friday, December 3, 2010.  Children, parents and grandparents crowded the Little Ausable Park to sing carols and witness the tree lighting.  At 7 p.m. the Peru Fire Department arrived carrying Santa. The […]

By Donald McBrayer The Peru Town Board held its regular meeting on Monday, November 22.
A recording of the meeting can be found at: http://d1091839.domain.com/PeruTown/TBM-11-22-2010.WAV Minutes for the November 4th public hearing and November 8th regular meeting were approved and can be found at: http://www.perutown.com/min10.htm Ann Wilke, Chair of the Dog Park Committee & Kara McBrayer, Dog Park […]

AGENDA, TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING, November 22, 2010 @ 7:00 PM

By Donald McBrayer and John T. Ryan A recording of the meeting can be found at: http://d1091839.domain.com/PeruTown/TBMeeting-11-08-2010.WAV Minutes for the October 4th special meeting and October 25th regular meeting were approved and can be found at: http://www.perutown.com/min10.htm Reports for all departments, except Dog Control,  were accepted and can be found at http://www.perutown.com/town.htm A Court Report […]

AGENDA, TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING, November 8, 2010 @ 7:00 PM

By John T. Ryan Peru Gazette Editor John Ryan was the only member of the general public who attended last night’s 2011 Public Hearing for the 2011 town budget. All Board members were present with the exception of Susan Polhemus who was excused. Town Youth Director John Flynn and Assistant Youth Director Kathy Flynn had […]

By John T. Ryan The Peru Town Board will be presenting its 2011 town budget (Click here for all tax rates and the entire budget) to the public at a Public Hearing scheduled for tomorrow evening (Thursday, November 4th) at 6:30 p.m. at the Town Hall. The Board will propose tax rate decreases for all […]

A Public Hearing has been scheduled for Thursday, November 4 at 6:30 PM to present the preliminary 2011 Town Budget for public comment. You can veiw the preliminary budget at: http://www.perutown.com/2011TentativeBudget.pdf

By John T. Ryan Frederick W. Lyons purchased the Lyon Street School on September 9, 1939 for the sum of $1.00. Seventy-one years later the Town of Peru may also be purchasing the school for the same sum. The Peru Town Council voted to purchase the school at its October 25th meeting. The owners, Al […]

By Donald McBrayer The Regular Town Board Meeting was held on Monday evening, October 25th at 7 PM. The entire board was in attendance. A recording of the meeting can be found at: http://d1091839.domain.com/PeruTown/TBM-10-25-2010.WAV The Agenda contained twenty-seven Items including:

AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING October 25, 2010 @ 7:00 PM

AGENDA TOWN BOARD SPECIAL MEETING OCTOBER 21, 2010 @ 6:15 PM 1. Call Meeting To Order 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Roll Call 4. DISCUSSION/MOTION: Approval for advertisement for bids for River Road water project. 5. DISCUSSION/RESOLUTION: 2011 County Snow Removal Contract MOTION: Adjourn

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The Peru Youth Commission will be having an informational meeting on Wednesday October 20 at the town hall from 7:00pm – 7:30pm. Anyone interested in joining this year’s ski club or anyone having any questions about the program should attend this meeting.

By John T. Ryan The Peru Town Board was in Executive Session discussing unspecified personnel issues for almost 90 minutes at its Thursday, October 7, 2010 meeting. In public session the Board discussed acceptance of the new federally-funded School Street sidewalk. The contractor (Tracy Trombley Construction) tamped the sidewalk using a vibrating machine. Mechanical tamping […]

By John T. Ryan The Peru Town Board has scheduled fiscal year 2011 budget workshops. All workshops will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the pubic is welcome to attend. Wednesday, October 13th – Highway Department Monday, October 18th – General, i.e. Town Hall, Board, etc. The workshop will begin with a presentation by Tish Biesemeyer […]

AGENDA – TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING, October 7, 2010 @ 7:00 PM

The Peru Town Board will hold its first regular meeting of this month on Thursday, October 7th rather than Monday, October 11th. The change was made because of the Columbus Day Holiday.

AGENDA, ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, Wednesday, October 20th, 2010, 7:00 p.m. Peru Town Hall 1. CALL meeting to order. 2. ROLL CALL. 3. APPROVAL of September minutes. 4. OPEN floor to Public Hearing. 5. APPLICATION & SEQR: NEAL & KRISTINA DASHNAW Use Variance ~ Strackville Rd. 5. APPLICATION: LEONARD II & PAMELA JOZWIAK, Area Variance […]

AGENDA, TOWN BOARD SPECIAL MEETING, OCTOBER 4, 2010 @ 6:30 PM 1. Call Meeting To Order 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Roll Call 4. DISCUSSION: Presentation of 2011 Town of Peru Tentative Budget. MOTION: Adjourn

By Donald McBrayer The Peru Town Board held its regular meeting at 7:00 PM on Monday, September 27, 2010. Everyone, except Town Clerk Kathy Flynn who was excused, was in attendance. An audio recording of the meeting can be found at: http://d1091839.domain.com/PeruTown/TBM-09-27-10.WAV The Agenda contained 22 items including: Approval of Minutes for the September 18th Regular Meeting. […]

By John T. Ryan Employee issues dominated the Monday, September 13, 2010 Peru Town Board meeting. Counselors learned that the town will likely face increased workmen’s compensation and health insurance costs in the coming fiscal year. If the town concludes a contract by October 1st it may be able to avoid the workmen’s compensation increase, […]