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APRIL 12, 2021 @ 6:00 PM 

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 February 22, 2021.

6. Community Input

7. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Hiring of New Part-time Court Clerk. 

8. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Hiring of Alden Stevens for Municipal Records Mgt. Services.

9. DISCUSSION: T Mobil Antennas and Added Generator Upgrade.Contract. 

10. DISCUSSION: Setting Date of Public Hearing for Local Law for Prior Notice.

11. DISCUSSION: Set Handbook Final Workshop Date. 

12. DISCUSSION: Sewer Project Update. 

13. DISCUSSION: Other Business. 

14. DISCUSSION: Public Comments on Agenda Items Only. 

15. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Pay Bills.

16. MOTION: Adjourn to Executive Session.

17. MOTION: Return from Executive Session. 

MOTION:     Adjourn

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WILMINGTON, NY — The Ausable River Association (AsRA) and the Rotary Club of the Au Sable Valley, in partnership with Rotary Club of Lake Placid, One Tree Planted, Lake Champlain Chapter of Trout Unlimited, and Adirondack Riverwalking, are hosting an Ausable River clean-up on Saturday, April 24.

The clean-up is open to all community members who want to restore and protect the beauty of the West and East Branch Ausable River. “In past years, we’ve hosted a river clean-up in September along the Main Stem Ausable River near Carpenter’s Flats,” said Tyler Merriam, Donor Outreach Manager at AsRA. “We’re excited to partner with so many great organizations this year to host a spring event as part of Rotary International’s Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup.”

The clean-up will take place along the roadside in an effort to remove trash built up over the winter. The West Branch portion will cover the roadside from Lake Everest in Wilmington to the Ski Jumps in Lake Placid. The East Branch portion will cover the roadside from the hamlet of Jay to the hamlet of Keene.

“The Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup is not only a local Rotary Club Initiative but includes hundreds of Rotary clubs and thousands of volunteers in the US and Canada,” said Sarah Chase, president of the Rotary Club of the Au Sable Valley. “There is something powerful in knowing you are part of such a large clean-up, while still making a difference in the aesthetics and health of the watershed right in your own backyard.”

Several local municipalities, with support from Rotary, AsRA, and One Tree Planted, will provide supplies, gloves, and safety gear for those who need them. Rotary Club of the Ausable Valley will provide lunch for all volunteers at the end of the clean-up.

The clean-up is also intended to engage the community in protecting and restoring the Ausable River and its watershed. The Ausable River faces many challenges, including climate change, road salt pollution, invasive species, undersized culverts, and bank erosion. Clean-up participants will be improving the health of the river, allowing it to better manage and survive these challenges.

“The beauty and recreation offered by the watershed we live in can only be sustained if we keep the river clean and healthy,” said Chase. “Rotary Club of Au Sable Valley has worked with AsRA in the past to help eradicate invasive species, and we look forward to a continued partnership in protecting our environment and the community that depends on it.”

The clean-up will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on April 24, 2021. Volunteers will meet at the Wilmington Town Beach at Lake Everest. For more information visit the Ausable River Association website: https://www.ausableriver.org/events/earth-month-ausable-river-clean.

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Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Plattsburgh) announced that he helped secure $275,000 to support the North Country Chamber of Commerce in the 2021-22 state budget.

“The North Country Chamber of Commerce is a critical resource not only for our local communities but for all of New York State,” Jones said. “The organization and its dedicated staff have spearheaded trade efforts and initiatives with our neighbors in Canada that benefit our state’s economy and help bolster the ever-expanding technological and manufacturing industries here in the North Country. This essential funding will support the chamber’s endeavors to boost development in our region and beyond and help our communities thrive. Further, it helps our efforts to create and sustain good-paying jobs right here in the North Country.”

“Two of the most strategically important matters for our area are the Quebec-New York relationship and related cross border investment and supporting our region’s large and growing cluster of transportation equipment and aerospace companies,” says Garry Douglas, President of the North Country Chamber of Commerce. “All of our work in both of these areas is made possible through the continued support of Assemblyman Billy Jones. We simply would not be able to do what we do without the funding support he continues to secure for us. And our cross-border connections and the growth of manufacturing are more crucial than ever in the coming year as we emerge from the pandemic and pursue the new opportunities that are out there. Our thanks to Assemblyman Jones for his support and confidence and for the leadership role he plays in Albany in all things related to our connections with Canada and to transportation equipment production in New York. Onward and upward!”

Jones secured $200,000 in the state budget to help the North Country Chamber of Commerce continue its mission of increasing economic development, supporting businesses and fostering the Quebec-New York relationship. Jones also helped to secure $75,0000 to help support the North Country Chamber of Commerce On The Job Training Program which works with employers to define an on the job training program appropriate to each job’s requirements, helps to match an unemployed person for the position, oversees implementation and then provides compensation to the employer upon successful completion with continued employment. For 25 years, the chamber has taken the lead in New York’s economic relationship with Quebec and facilitated foreign investment, particularly in manufacturing. Additionally, the North Country Chamber of Commerce helped develop the growing cluster of more than 50 transportation equipment and aerospace manufacturers in the region, which employ thousands of New Yorkers.

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