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By Donald McBrayer

The Peru Town Board held their Regular Meeting on Monday, August 9 at 7:00 PM.
An audio recording of the meeting can be found at:
http://d1091839.domain.com/PeruTown/TBM-8-9-10.WAV

Everyone except Town Attorney, Don Biggs, was present.

The Agenda contained 21 items and discussions including:

• A Motion to approve the July 26 Meeting Minutes, which can be found at: http://d1091839.domain.com/PeruTown/min10/07-26-2010-RM.pdf
• Approval of all Monthly Department Reports, which can be found at: http://www.perutown.com/town.htm
• Awarding the School Street Sidewalk bid to the lowest-bidder Tracy Trombley Construction for the amount of $74,816.45. Project Manager Adele Douglas informed the Board that the bid was 83% of the estimate, and when added to the design and inspection costs could exceed the $84,000 grant fund by “just a little bit”.
• Awarded a bid to SymQuest in the amount of $8,726 for a new copy machine for the Town hall. The cost covers the copy machine, and a one-year service contract.
• Set a Public Hearing Date on Monday, August 23 at 6:45 PM to discuss the pending Dog Control Law. The proposed law can be found at: http://d1091839.domain.com/PeruTown/towndocs/Dog-Ordinance.pdf
• Dog Control Officer, Kelly Allen, has also requested her cell phone number be made public for the purpose of reporting dog problems. She can be reached at: (518) 726-6232.
• The 35MPH speed limit request from DOT for Quaker Highlands is approved, and the speed-limit signs are ordered. The new speed limit will be enforceable once the signs are erected.
• The 90-Day probationary period for the Planning/Zoning Secretary, Donna Quero, is over, and the Board approved her as a full-time employee of the Town of Peru.
  

The Meeting was adjourned a couple minutes after 9PM.

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By John T. Ryan

Most people in Peru have probably seen Don Evans either bicycling through town or driving through town with his kayak atop his Subaru Forester and a bicycle resting on the tailgate carrier. Few people know about the recent accomplishment of the retired Peru Central Spanish teacher. On July 22^nd Don accomplished a personal goal to ride his bike the length of every Clinton County highway and to paddle his kayak on all the County’s navigable waterways.

Evans has been riding a bike since moving to Peru forty years ago. He said, “I started riding my bike to my kids’ soccer games. I have ridden to every place where they had a soccer game.” Evans said he never really thought about riding all the county’s highways until two years ago when he asked himself, “What can I do that  no one’s ever done before?” Last summer when it appeared that he might require knee replacement surgery at some future date he decided to complete his goal by the end of this summer. At that point he had biked about 50% of the county’s highways. Over the past several months Evans often launched his kayak at a boat launch, paddled fourteen or fifteen miles and then rode his bike on a couple of nearby roads. Read more »

NYS Department of Transport Press Release

New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) Acting Commissioner Stanley Gee was joined by federal, state and local officials in the Jefferson County today to mark the beginning of a $55.6 million highway project that will link Interstate 81 and the Main Gate of Fort Drum.  This project will improve traffic mobility along the Route 11 corridor and will give an economic boost to the entire Fort Drum area. Read more »

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