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State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler today announced that former Town of Bethel Tax Collector  Debra Gabriel, of Bethel, pleaded guilty before Judge Peter Feinberg in the Town of Rockland Justice Court to Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the Second Degree, in connection with a scheme to defraud the New York State and Local Retirement System.  Gabriel, 62, had resigned her public office and retired in August 2020.

At the time that she pleaded guilty, Gabriel admitted having submitted a false “Record of Activity” with the Town of Bethel for filing with the State Comptroller.  Records of Activity are documents in which certain appointed or elected officials must record a daily detail of their hours worked and duties and certify their accuracy. The information is used to calculate their service time for retirement benefits.

An investigation of Gabriel’s Records of Activity conducted by the New York State Comptroller’s Office and the New York State Police revealed that from April 1, 2009 to Aug.  31, 2019, she falsely claimed credit for full-time work for the Town of Bethel when her actual hours were far less. For example, in 2018 and 2019, she had a full-time job with a private healthcare company, while claiming to also have worked full-time as a Tax Collector for Bethel. Her false claims increased her service credit toward retirement by more than seven years, according to Comptroller DiNapoli.  Gabriel turned over a certified check in the amount of $6,377.46 to prosecutors from the Orange County District Attorney’s Office as restitution to the State of New York for the amount of pension benefits that she was overpaid. Read more »

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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  Public Hearing and Town Board Regular Meeting of October 25, 2021 and Public Hearing of November 4, 2021
6. Community Input 

7. RESOLUTION/MOTION: Approval of Casella Organics Residuals Mgt. Service Agreement Amendment.

8. RESOLUTION/MOTION: Refinancing of the 2009 and 2014 Serial Bonds. 

9. RESOLUTION/MOTION: Approval of Rifenburg’s Pay Application #7.

10. DISCUSSION/MOTION: Set up Sewer Main & WWTP Project Workshop on 11/22 or 12/13. 

11. DISCUSSION: Sewer Project Update. 

12. DISCUSSION: Other Business. 

13. DISCUSSION: Public Comments on Agenda Items Only. 

14. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Pay Bills 

MOTION:     Adjourn

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