The Peru Gazette

Peru – At its June 22, 2020 meeting the Peru Town Board took the following actions: 

• Approved installation of a stop sign at the corner of Washington Street and the new Gala Lane. 
• Accepted ownership of water and sewer lines serving apartments at Davey Commons on Davey Drive.
• Approved a one-year term agreement with AES Northeast. AES designs and engineers most, if not all, of the Town’s water and sewer projects. 
• Accepted the new Patent Road culvert constructed by Luck Brothers. It passed all required inspections. 
• Discussed updating the Zoning Law regulations involving business signs, home-based businesses, and solar farm developments. Town Attorney Matt Favro suggested that Code Enforcement Officer Bob Guynup put his proposed changes in writing. Guynup will also confer with the Planning and Zoning Boards. 
• Noted that the Youth Commission will be discussing summer youth baseball-softball programs at its June 24th, 6 p.m. meeting. NYS has granted permission for some youth sports to begin on July 6.  Counselors Rick Barber and Jim Douglass will attend that meeting. 
• In other business Code Enforcement Officer Bob Guynup said he had visited several local restaurants to check COVID-19 Phase 3 compliance. He found no significant violations. Restaurants are currently permitted to operate in-doors at 50% capacity. 

The Highway Department’s new asphalt hotbox will cost the Town $2,233 more than anticipated. Peru is sharing the cost ($28,233.20) with the Town of Ausable and the Town of Chesterfield should pay its share next year. For some reason, Chesterfield did not include the item in this year’s budget. 

Supervisor Brandy McDonald reported that the search for a replacement is underway for IT consultant Tom Lemieux who resigned effective June 30. McDonald said a meeting was held with Primelink, Inc., and a meeting will be held with Twinstate Technologies. The Board agreed that a consultant has to be available to keep the computer systems functioning. The Board hired Jason Barber on an as-needed basis from June 23 to July 31 at a rate of $75 an hour.  The Board plans to hire a consultant by August 1.  

At Counselor Kregg Bruno’s request, the Board adjourned to an executive meeting to discuss a personnel issue. The Board took no action following the session.