The Peru Gazette

By John T. Ryan  The Clinton County Board of Elections has certified the 2009 election results. Fifty-five percent (2,293) of Peru’s registered voters (4,128 as of September 2009) turned out at the polls, an extremely high turnout for an off-year election. A normal voter turnout would be in the forty to forty-five percent range. Here […]

  By Donald McBrayer Peter Glushko took the oath of office at 4:30PM on Tuesday, December 8th to become Peru’s Supervisor filling the vacancy left by previous Supervisor Don Covel. Recently elected Kregg Bruno was also sworn into office as Town Councilor to finish the two-year term balance on the seat vacated by Cortland Forrence. […]

The Peru Town Board will hold a Special Meeting tonight December 8, 2009 at 7 p.m. to discuss the town health insurance program and any other necessary business. The town faces a possible 33% increase in health insurance costs.

By Donald McBrayer See a video of Santa arriving via fire truck http://d1091839.domain.com/PeruTown/santa_arrives_to_peru.htm There might not be any snow on the ground, but the wide-eyed wonderment of children kicked off the Holiday Season better than the whitest of blizzards. The 2009 Peru Tree Lighting Ceremony was held at 7 P.M. on Friday, December 4th to […]

By Donald McBrayer Peru’s Town Board is currently shopping around for health insurance for Town Employees. This daunting task is made more complex by the wide variety of options available. Town employees should be actively engaged in this process because they will be directly affected by any decision that is made. There is a Special […]

By John T. Ryan The Town of Peru’s health insurance broker has informed the town that employee health insurance premium will increase by 35% next year if no changes are made.  Since health insurance costs the town approximately $160,000 annually, an increase of that size has the potential of costing the town an additional $56,000. […]

TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING AGENDA NOVEMBER 23, 2009 @ 7:00 PM

By John T. Ryan Clinton County Court Judge Patrick McGill sentenced former Peru Town Supervisor Donald Covel to conditional sentences, plus fines and surcharges in Clinton County Court today.

Former Peru Town Supervisor Donald Covel will appear before Clinton County Judge Patrick McGill on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. for sentencing.

By Donald McBrayer The Regular Town Board Meeting was held on Monday, November 9th. The meeting was quick and uneventful. The agenda items included a motion to accept the “Safe Routes to School Contract”, which passed. This motion paves the way for sidewalk construction along the west side of School Street and will be 100% funded […]

By John T. Ryan Peter Glusko was elected to lead the Peru Town government as supervisor for the next four years in November 3rd elections. James Douglass, Kregg Bruno and Susan Pulhemus were elected to serve on the town board. Kathy Flynn was re-elected as town clerk/tax collector after a spirited contest with Lana Knight.  […]

In the four year counselor race James Douglass was way out in front with 1023 votes. Donald McBrayer and Susan Polhemus fought it out for the second open position with Polhemus apparently winning by a vote of 830 to 786. Tony Andrews was next with an estimated 500+ votes (I failed to copy his district […]

In the vote for Town Supervisor Peter Glushko had 1252 votes, Tom Powers 335 by my tally. In the vote for Town Clerk Kathleen Flynn had 1132, Lana Knight had 887. These results will be verified tomorrow.

By John T. Ryan The total votes are still being tallied at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, but based on the counts in each district and speaking to the candidates these are the winners: Supervisor – Peter Glushko Town Clerk – Kathleen Flynn Highway Superintendent – Michael Farrell Counselor Four Years – James Douglass and Susan […]

Update as of 7:55 p.m. – 2,086 voters have cast ballots or 49.8% of registered voters. Reports are that Peru’s turnout is far higher than anywhere else in Clinton County.   There are 50 to 100 people waiting in line.    Update: as of 6 p.m. 1,727 Peru voters had cast ballots or 41.2% of […]

The Town of Peru’s Highway Department will be going back to their regular hours of operation   7:00 am to 3:30 pm, Monday through Friday starting today, 10/27/09.  

Public Hearing on Water-Sewer District Extension at 6:30 p.m. followed by Regular Meeting    AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 26, 2009 @ 7:00 PM

By Adele Douglas If you’ve driven by the old Heyworth Village location and wondered what was happening down there, it’s just another example of the town’s crews being hard at work. Chad Frechette of the Highway Department is filling-in around the base of the 1836 Heyworth building.  The lovely new red roof on the building (color […]

By: Donald McBrayer The regular Town Board Meeting was held on October 5th, 2009. Board Members Peter Glushko, Thomas Powers, and Brandy McDonald were present, as well as Deputy Supervisor Cortland Forrence (who chaired), and Town Attorney Donald Biggs.

The Clinton County Court has announced that the sentencing of former Town of Peru Supervisor Donald Covel originally scheduled for October 5th has been rescheduled to November 18th at 1:30 p.m.

AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 5, 2009 7:00 PM

Cortland Forrence took the gavel in hand at the Monday, September 28, 2009 Town Board meeting in his new role as Deputy Supervisor. The primary reason for appointing a Deputy Supervisor was the legal requirement of presenting a tentative budget to the Town Board and Forrence presented a budget at this meeting. He said he […]

AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 @ 7:00 PM

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