The Peru Gazette

The Peru Town Board will conduct a Special Meeting on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. for the purpose of setting a public hearing date for the 2012 Town of Peru budget.

By Donald McBrayer The Heyworth/Mason Park & Trail Project is seeing good progress and more is coming according to Project Coordinator Adele Douglas.  Douglass updated the Town Board on the Heyworth/Mason Park & Trails progress at Monday’s Town Board Meeting. “There’s a big list of little things to do”, Douglas said. That list includes replacing […]

 AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING, October 24, 2011 @ 7:00 p.m.  1. Call Meeting To Order 2.Pledge of Allegiance  3. Roll Call 4. MOTION:     Approval of Minutes from October 6, 2011 Regular Meeting. 5. Community Input and Questions. 6. DISCUSSION:  Water/Sewer Projects Update. 7. DISCUSSION:  Tropical Storm Irene Recovery Update. 8. DISCUSSION:  Highway Garage Roof Update. 9. DISCUSSION: Heyworth/Mason Park Update.  10. DISCUSSION/MOTION:  Employee Benefits […]

N O T I C E ! Monday the 24th of October as the Water Department will be shutting the water off from 9:00 am– 3:00 pm on Monday.  Thank you for your cooperation.  PERU WATER DISTRICT – BIRCHWOOD DRIVE NY0900216  MUST BE BOILED TO ENSURE SAFETY  THIS DIRECTIVE TO REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL THE HEALTH […]

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The Town of Peru Highway Department announces that the Patent Road is closed between Mannix Road and 328 Patent Road  from Tuesday, October 18th until Thursday, October 20th for placing a box culvert. Emergency vehicles & local residents will not be able to access the road.  

Click here to review the Town of Peru’s Tentative 2012 Budget   Click here to learn how to review a town budget     Click here to read the Press Republican story on the Tentative Budget  

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From the Office of NYS Comptroller Tom DeNapoli Every citizen of New York State is a resident of some local government unit, and usually of several overlapping governmental units (county, city, town, village, school district, fire district). While the federal and State governments get a lot of attention for the laws, regulations, and policy decisions […]

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The Peru Gazette is including Town Council Candidate Geoffrey Spear in our Candidate Forum. His responses to our questions arrived several days following our deadline, however, in the interest of informing the public we believe his views deserve to be heard.  We are reposting the responses received from candidates Brandy McDonald and Kregg Bruno.

1. Please summarize your education, employment, family, community involvement.   I graduated from Peru High School in 1993.  I am married to Amy and we have three children; Frank, Cole and Jenna. I currently work for Hynes Electric Supply.  My community involvement includes; voluntary Peru Town Youth Coach for eight years in baseball, softball and soccer, […]

1. Please summarize your education, employment, family, community involvement.  Kregg Bruno graduated from Peru Central School in 1979.  Later attending SUNY Potsdam as an athlete in the wrestling department, which led him to Clinton Community College where he completed his degree in Applied Science.  After which he married Bonnie Benson and had two children, son […]

AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING, October 6, 2011, 7:00 PM Call Meeting To Order 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Roll Call 4. MOTION:     Approval of Minutes for the Regular Meeting of September 26, 2011, the Special Meeting of August 30, 2011 and the Emergency Meeting of September 6, 2011. 5. DISCUSSION/MOTION:  Including Reports from all Departments into the Board Meeting Record: (Water/Sewer/Valcour: […]

In an effort to inform our readers regarding the background and views of the three candidates for the two open Peru Town Council positions, the Peru Gazette asked each candidate five questions. The responses received from Brandy McDonald and Kregg Bruno appear below. The Peru Gazette does not have any record of receiving a response […]

By Donald McBrayer The Town Board held their regular meeting Monday, September 26. Everyone was in attendance. The meeting included an update by the Town’s highway superintendent Greg Timmons reporting that the work on water mains on River Road & Locust Drive are completed. Timmons also requested $15,500 to allow the contractor to relocate a […]

By John T. Ryan Infrastructure spending is often mentioned as necessary for our nation’s future well-being. The Town of Peru will complete a major improvement to its infrastructure this week when the new 3,000 foot long River Road water line is connected to the Main Street line. When the connection is made Peru will have […]

By John T. Ryan The Peru Town Board recognized Boy Scout James Downs at its September 12, 2011 meeting. Town Supervisor Peter Glushko thanked Downs for completing his Eagle Scout project in which he constructed attractive flower boxes, filled them with beautiful flowers and attached them to the four welcome signs entering Peru.  Downs addressed […]

By John T. Ryan Town Highway Superintendent Michael Farrell told town counselors at last night’s town board meeting that road repairs following Hurricane Irene flooding will cost the town about $300,000.  Farrell hopes that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will reimburse the town for at least part of those expenses, but FEMA still has […]

AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING, September 12, 2011, 7:00 PM

By Donald McBrayer The Peru Town Board held their regular meeting on Monday, August 22nd. Everyone was in attendance. There was a discussion on an imbalance in regards to the shared services contract with the Town of Jay. Highway Superintendent Mike Farrell claims overtime and other expenses in the area of $33,000 are owed to […]

AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING August 22, 2011 @ 7:00 PM  Call Meeting To Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call MOTION: Approval of Minutes from August 8, 2011 Regular Meeting. Community Input and Questions. DISCUSSION:  Water Quality Update. DISCUSSION:  Sewer Projects Update DISCUSSION/RESOLUTION:  Heyworth Mason Park Phase I Development Engineering and Testing Proposal Acceptance. DISCUSSION:  Town of […]

VIOLATION NOTICE The Town of Peru has to sample quarterly for total trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids to comply with the disinfection by-products rule for E.P.A. and New York State. Test results for the 2nd quarter of 2011 exceeded the allowable maximum contaminant levels.   Results are calculated by averaging the previous 4 quarters’ results.  The current […]

By Donald McBrayer The Peru Town Board held their regular meeting on Monday, August 8. Everyone except Town Councilor Sue Polhemus (excused) was present. The School Street sidewalk received final approval by D.O.T. clearing the way for the town to take ownership. The sidewalk was completed almost a year ago but was not accepted by […]

AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING, August 8, 2011 7:00 PM Call Meeting To Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call MOTION:          Approval of Minutes for the Regular Meetings of July 11 and July 25, 2011