The Peru Gazette

1. Call Meeting To Order
2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Roll Call

4. 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; JCEO; and Banking Reports).

5. MOTION:  Approval of Minutes for the Town Board Regular Meeting of June 27, 2022.

6. Community Input.

7. MOTION/DISCUSSION:   Approval of P & H Senesac, Inc. Payment App #4 for Lagoon Decommissioning Project.

8. MOTION/DISCUSSION:   Approval of Luck Bros., Inc. Payment App #1 for Telegraph Culvert Project 

9. MOTION/DISCUSSION:   Approval of Luck Bros., Inc. Change Directive #1 and #2 for Telegraph Culvert Project 

10. MOTION/DISCUSSION:   Approval of Rifenburg’s Payment App #14 for Sewer Lines Upgrade Project.

11. MOTION/DISCUSSION:   Approval of New Computer Purchase for Codes Officer.

12. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:  USRD Loan Resolution for the Sewer Line Project. 

13. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:  Acceptance of Town Historians’ Resignation.

14. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:  Acceptance of Dog Control Officers Resignation.

15. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:  Acceptance of Amendment to Owner-Engineer Agreement for the Sewer Line Project.

16. DISCUSSION:  Telegraph Road Culvert Project Update.

17. DISCUSSION:  Sewer/Lagoon/Elm St. Project Update. 

18. DISCUSSION:  Other Business. 

19. DISCUSSION:  Public Comments on Agenda Items Only. 

20. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:  Pay Bills. 

            21.       MOTION: Adjourn

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The Peru School Board of Education will hold its reorganizational and regular monthly meetings on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at 6:30 PM and 6:45 PM, respectively.  The meetings will be held in the High School Community Room.  For the regular meeting, it is anticipated that an executive session will take place immediately following the 6:45 PM start, and that the Board will reconvene for public session business at approximately 7:00 PM.   The meeting is open to the public and current District, County, State and Federal COVID-19 safety procedures and protocols will be followed.

Anticipated Topics Include:

• Approval of BOCES Services
• Officer Elections
• Appointment of Personnel
• Board Meeting Dates for 22-23
• Mileage Rate
• Substitute Rates
• Donation Acceptance

At this time, two (2) public comment opportunities are planned as follows:

1^st public comment:  Related to items on the agenda.  Comments are limited to three (3) minutes per speaker.

2^nd public comment:  Comments are limited to three (3) minutes per speaker.

Individuals who are unable to attend the regular meeting in person may submit public comments by emailing perucomments@perucsd.org no later than 12:00 Noon on Tuesday, June 12^th.  Online comments are also subject to the conditions stated above.

The agendas will be available on the District’s website (perucsd.org).

A recording of the meeting will be available on the District’s website at www.perucsd.org at a later time.

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“At the end of March, the paper’s print circulation averaged 5,484 from Monday through Saturday, just a fraction of its 31,095 a decade earlier, according to a report from the Alliance for Audited Media. Sunday circulation has plummeted, too, from 40,708 to 7,152.”

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July 5, 2022 – GLENS FALLS, N.Y.- Congresswoman Elise Stefanik released the
following statement regarding the latest unconstitutional gun control law
passed by Albany Democrats and signed by Kathy Hochul which would
turn Adirondack Park gun owners, a significant portion of NY-21, into
felons:
“Kathy Hochul and her radical Far-Left Democrat allies in Albany are
shredding the Constitution as their most recent gun ban bill immediately
classifies the tens of thousands of law-abiding gun owners in the
Adirondack Park as felons. This unconstitutional legislation states that a
person is guilty of criminal possession of a firearm, rifle or shotgun in a
sensitive location when such person possesses a firearm, rifle or shotgun
in or upon a sensitive location.” The unconstitutional bill goes on to define
“a sensitive location shall mean public parks.”
” This is a direct attack on the law-abiding and patriotic citizens of the North Country and
Adirondack Park. I will always stand up for my constituents as radical
politicians like Kathy Hochul and downstate Democrats attack the
Constitution and our Upstate values.

STEC: NEW GUN CONTROL LAWS TURN ADIRONDACK PARK
GUN OWNERS INTO FELONS
Friday’s Extraordinary Session bans all guns from being possessed in the Adirondack Park 

 Senator Dan Stec (R,C-Queensbury) today blasted Governor Hochul and the Legislative Democrats that passed the “Concealed Carry Improvement Act.” In its haste to respond to the Supreme Court’s rejection of the state’s prior concealed carry law, the Governor and legislative leaders criminalized all guns from being carried on park property.

In doing so, the approximately 130,000 people living on the 6 million acres that comprise the Adirondack Park lands are at risk for felony charges for merely owning a shotgun or rifle.

“This is classic Albany Democrat behavior,” said Stec. “After their last attempt at gun control legislation was rejected by the Supreme Court, they rushed through more ill-conceived legislation that turns law-abiding gun owners in the Adirondack Park into felons.

“This isn’t about pistols or assault rifles; the Governor and Democrats in the Legislature have made it a felony to even have a hunting rifle on park land,” he continued. “Because of this rushed, politically motivated law, thousands of men and women in our region could now be considered criminals.

“In addition and as I noted on the Senate floor during Extraordinary Session, the new gun control legislation only serves to make our state less safe. By forcing establishments to note if a person is allowed to carry a weapon inside, potential criminals know what places are secure and which are ripe for preying on. Shame on Governor Hochul and the Legislative leaders for making our current public safety crisis worse.”

For video of Senator Stec’s remarks on the Senate Floor in opposition to this law visit: https://youtu.be/4CPRqq42zc8

Peru – CVPH Donor Center Blood Brive, Monday, July 25th from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St. in Peru. All blood collected in used by our family, friends and neighbors in the Tri-County Clinton, Essex and Franklin region. Please mark your calendars for July 25th. 

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