The Peru Gazette

The Town of Schuyler Falls announces two tree lighting/decorating events, both of which will be held on Sunday, December 1st, 2019 in the town. Admission is free and all are welcome. The events provide a time for residents, friends and neighbors to connect during this festive holiday season. Light refreshments will be available at both venues, which offer both indoor and outdoor activities.

A special opportunity to visit the Museum and find unique gifts for family and friends. The first 25 Open House visitors each day will receive free gifts, one per family.

The Peru Town Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, November 18th to adopt the 2020 town budget. At last Thursday’s Town Board meeting Supervisor Brandy McDonald said that with the exception of the Valcour Sewer Districts, Peru’s 2020 general, highway, water and sewer tax rates should not increase. Valcour Sewer District #1 (residential) will increase from $.34 to $.35. District #2 (commercial) will increase from $.57 to $.60. Final general rates could change slightly depending on sales tax revenues received from Clinton County.

The budget is available for review at the Town Hall or Click this link to review budget

Thanks to Marque Moffett for a photo and this report: “Seen on Pleasant St. this morning: Luke Fessette hangs banners to welcome the holiday season. On the ground is Chris Malin. Luke didn’t expect to hang the banners until Monday. He just ordered the Santa suit and, when it arrived today, he ran home on his lunch break so he could put it right into action this afternoon.”

This afternoon the Gazette took a few more photos on the Union Rd. behind Pasquales. Our Water & Sewer Dept. personnel were still hard at work.

The Peru Town Board will hold a Special Meeting on Monday, November 18, 2019 at 6:00 PM in the Town Hall to Adopt 2020 Final Budget.

The Peru School Board of Education will hold a brief special meeting on Monday, November 18, 2019 at 5:00 PM in the High School Community Room. The sole purpose of the meeting is to consider approval of a budget transfer. At this time, no other District business is anticipated for this meeting.

The full Board agenda will be available on the District’s website (perucsd.org).

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Families Encouraged to Register Early for Camps

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos announced today that online registration for the agency’s 2020 Summer Camps program will open Sunday, January 26, 2020, at 1 p.m. Applications should be submitted through the online registration program available through a link from the Summer Camps webpage. Parents and guardians are encouraged to register early since some of the weeks fill up quickly.

“DEC’s summer camps have a long tradition of introducing youth to the outdoors through fun hands-on, minds-on activities that create lifelong connections to nature,” said Commissioner Seggos. “Our camps provide opportunities for children to unplug and immerse themselves in the natural world and kids at DEC camps are guided by highly qualified staff in hiking, canoeing, and overnight camping adventures each week.”

Now in its 73rd year, the DEC Summer Camps program offers week-long adventures in conservation education for children ages 11-17. DEC operates four residential camps for children: Camp Colby in Saranac Lake (Franklin County); Camp DeBruce in Livingston Manor (Sullivan County); Camp Rushford in Caneadea (Allegany County); and Pack Forest in Warrensburg (Warren County).

In response to parent feedback, DEC revised the schedule to better accommodate families. Read more »

System will Provide Heat to Three State Agency Office Buildings

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), Adirondack Park Agency (APA), and New York State Police today formally commissioned a renewable biomass heating system at the State Office Campus in Ray Brook, NY. The High-Efficiency Low-Emission Boiler, fueled by wood pellets, will provide heat to DEC Region 5, APA, and State Police Troop B headquarters. The $3 million renewable energy project was developed in partnership with DEC, State Police, APA, the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) in support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s BuildSmart NY program, which calls for a 20 percent reduction in energy consumption by all state agencies by 2020.

“The Ray Brook Automated Wood Heating System will not only more cleanly and efficiently provide heat for three state agency buildings, it will also create jobs in the Adirondack region, keep energy dollars in New York, reduce carbon dioxide emissions, and promote sustainable forest management,” said DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos. “This project supports Governor Cuomo’s goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase the use of renewable energy sources.” Read more »

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Hunters Prohibited from Bringing Whole Deer, Elk, Moose, or Caribou Carcasses into New York

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced that DEC is adopting regulatory changes that will further protect New York’s wild deer and moose from Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).

“Chronic Wasting Disease poses a significant threat to New York’s deer and moose populations,” Commissioner Seggos said. “We don’t have CWD in New York, and we want to keep it that way. With these regulation changes, we are acting to reduce the likelihood that hunters or owners of captive CWD-susceptible animals may inadvertently bring the disease into the state.”

DEC is working collaboratively with the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (DAM) and the agricultural community to prevent CWD from gaining a foothold in New York.

State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball said, “The Department of Agriculture and Markets continues to work closely with DEC to be vigilant against CWD. These new regulations are welcome additions to the surveillance and testing conducted by our veterinarians, animal health inspectors, and our New York State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, and will help us reduce this major threat to our cervid populations.”

The regulations’ most significant change is that hunters are now prohibited from returning to New York State with whole carcasses of deer, elk, moose, or caribou harvested outside of New York. Only the deboned meat, cleaned skull cap, antlers with no flesh adhering, raw or processed cape or hide, cleaned teeth or lower jaw, and finished taxidermy products of CWD-susceptible animals may be brought into New York.

Hunting seasons are already underway throughout the state and the nation, and hunters should not risk losing their prized deer or elk because they failed to follow New York law. DEC Environmental Conservation Police Officers will be monitoring roadways and entry points along state borders and whole carcasses that are imported into New York illegally will be confiscated and destroyed.

Transportation of carcasses through New York is still legal, provided that no parts are disposed of or remain in New York, but hunters should verify importation rules in their destination state or province.

Other adopted changes include:
• Increasing the ease with which DEC’s Environmental Conservation Police Officers can enforce DAM regulations to ensure compliance by owners of captive cervids (animals in the deer family); and
• Clarifying disposal requirements for taxidermists that process CWD-susceptible animals.

These regulations take effect on November 13, 2019.

What is CWD?

CWD is an untreatable and fatal nervous system disease caused by abnormally shaped proteins called prions. It affects deer, elk, and moose. CWD prions are shed through saliva, urine, and feces of infected animals. A healthy deer, elk, or moose can pick up the disease by direct contact with the infected animal’s body fluids or by eating contaminated sources of food or water. CWD is not currently known to exist in New York.

DEC biologists and DAM veterinarians annually conduct strategic surveillance, sampling wild deer and captive cervids for CWD. New York State’s risk-based sampling approach gives the state confidence that CWD is not currently present in New York and that it will be detected quickly if introduced.

DEC and DAM are also prepared for response (PDF). If CWD is found in New York, DEC and DAM will take aggressive actions to assess the scope of the outbreak and contain and minimize the disease’s presence. Depending on the scope and location of infected animals, this may involve substantial and sustained reduction of local wild deer populations and/or depopulation of affected captive cervid facilities.

Strong prevention measures are the best strategy to manage CWD, and prevention requires cooperation and vigilance from state agencies, the public, hunters, and owners of captive cervids.

Steps to keep New York CWD-free:

Hunters, taxidermists, and deer processors are reminded to:

• Not ship, import, or bring whole deer, elk, moose, or caribou carcasses or intact trophy heads into New York;
• Avoid natural deer-urine-based attractants. Instead, use synthetic products; and
• Dispose of carcasses and carcass parts properly at approved landfills.

The public is encouraged to:

• Report sick or abnormally behaving deer;
• Not feed wild deer or moose;
• Report violators; and
• Take the threat of CWD seriously and spread the word.

To learn more about CWD and what DEC is doing to protect wild deer and moose in New York, see DEC’s Chronic Wasting Disease booklet (PDF, 10.5 MB).

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4^th Sunday Breakfast

November 24^th   9 a.m. – Noon

Bacon, scrambled eggs, biscuits and sausage gravy, corned beef hash, pancakes or French toast, juice & coffee – only $10.  Seconds on the house.

Peru Memorial VFW

710 Pleasant St, Rt 22B

Peru, NY 12972

Proceeds benefit our veterans and their families.

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• The Peru Central School District is closed for today, November 12, 2019. The school board meeting will be rescheduled for tomorrow. Please stay safe.

• Todays’ CEWW Health Insurance presentation at Peru HS (5pm) has been rescheduled for this Thursday, November 14.

Peru – The Peru Knights of Columbus have cancelled bingo tonight, Tuesday, Nov. 12th. at the St. Augustine’s Parish. The primary roads are clearing, but several secondary roads are not in the best condition.

Bingo should resume next Tuesday night.  Be safe!

John Ryan Bingo Chairman
518-643-9386

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AGENDA – TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING

NOVEMBER 14, 2019 @ 7:00 PM

1. Call Meeting To Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Roll Call

4. MOTION:  Approval of Minutes for the Town Board Regular Meeting of October 28, 2019 and Public Hearing on November 7, 2019.

5. 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)

6. Community Input.

7. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:  Approval of 2019 Relevy List to Clinton County.

8. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:  School House Wood Work Quote Approval.

9. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:  Approve Valcour Sewer Rate Increases.

10. DISCUSSION:  Sewer Collection Project Update 

11. DISCUSSION:  Other Business. 

12. DISCUSSION:  Public Comments on Agenda Items Only.

13. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:  Pay Bills

14. DISCUSSION/MOTION:  Adjourn to Executive Session.

15. DISCUSSION/MOTION:  Return to Regular Session

MOTION:     Adjourn