The Peru Gazette

TO FOLLOW ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING at 6:00 PM Call Meeting To Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call MOTION/DISCUSSION:  To Accept Reports from all Departments: (Water/Sewer/Valcour; Highway; Town Clerk; Nov./Dec. Dog Control; Youth Department; Code/Zoning; Supervisor’s Report; Court; Website; JCEO; and Banking Reports)  MOTION:  Approval of Minutes for the Public Hearing of December 29, 2022 and Town […]

Call Meeting To Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call DISCUSSION/RESOLUTION:  Establishment of 2023 Salaries for Elected Positions: DISCUSSION/RESOLUTION:  Approval of 2023 Appointees. DISCUSSION/RESOLUTION:  Establishment of 2022 Appointee Salaries and Frequency of Payments DISCUSSION/RESOLUTION:  Establishment of Town Department Liaisons. DISCUSSION/RESOLUTION:  Establishment of 2023 Regular Town Board Meeting Dates and Times. DISCUSSION/RESOLUTION:  Approval of 2023 Contracts. DISCUSSION/RESOLUTION:  […]

Springtime street sweeping will not be necessary  By John T. Ryan Peru – What Supervisor Brandy McMcDonald predicted to be a five-minute December 29 town board meeting ended up being a fifty-minute meeting. Action items included: Purchasing fencing to enclose road salt. Purchasing a road salt tracking system and cameras. Transferring several budget line items. […]

By John T. Ryan  December 12, 2022, Peru Town Board Meeting  On December 5, Supervisor Brandy McDonald warned residents via Facebook that two guns and a bulletproof vest were among the items stolen from Washington, Paine, and Elm Street cars. Several residents’  security cameras photographed the alleged thief. McDonald said he hasn’t heard from the […]

 6:00 PM Call Meeting To Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call 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).  MOTION:  Approval of Minutes for the Regular Town Board Meeting of November 21, 2022;  Community Input. DISCUSSION:  Info Brief on […]

Peru – December 2, 2022 – It was fun at Little Ausable River Park tonight as the Peru Girl Scouts sang Christmas carols and Mrs. Marti Cabana lit Peru’s Town Christmas Tree. Just as she was about to throw the switch, the Peru Fire Department’s decorated trucks passed by. The kids were excited. Dianne Miller, […]

Highlights of Peru Town Board’s November 21, 2022 Meeting By John T Ryan The legal process of demolishing the derelict property at 5 School Street continues. The board scheduled a December 29, 5:30 p.m. public hearing to inform the public of its plans. The town will light its Christmas Tree at Little Ausable River Park […]

Call Meeting To Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call MOTION:  Approval of Minutes for the Regular Town Board Meeting and Public Hearing of November 2022 and the Special Meeting of November 15, 2022 Community Input. MOTION/DISCUSSION:  Schedule Public Hearing for School Street Property Demo. MOTION/DISCUSSION:  Schedule Public Hearing for New Local Codes Law. MOTION/DISCUSSION:  Schedule […]

  By John T Ryan   November 16, 2022 – Peru – As of 8:30 a.m. Peru has more than 4 inches of snow on the ground, and it’s still falling. Thankfully, at the Monday, November 7th meeting, the town board approved hiring Adam Archer and Darrell Martineau as equipment operators, their most important job […]

Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 5:30 PM Special Meeting to Adopt Final Budget

Call Meeting To Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call 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).  MOTION:  Approval of Minutes for the Regular Town Board Meeting of October 24, 2022; Emergency Meeting of November 1, 2022 and the […]

PROPERTY TAX LAW SLIDING SCALE AUTHORIZATION LAW   NOVEMBER 7, 2022, 5:45 PM   Call Meeting To Order   Pledge of Allegiance   Roll Call   MOTION: To Open the Public Hearing.   DISCUSSION: PROPOSED Local Law #2 of 2022 – “A Local Law to enact the Property Tax Law Sliding Scale Authorization for NYS […]

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  By John T. Ryan    Peru – November 3, 2022 – The Peru Town Board unveiled its 2023 Preliminary Budget at a public hearing last evening. Peru residents have been watching the sewer system upgrade project for many months. Beginning in 2023, property owners in the sewer district will experience tax increases. The higher […]

The preliminary budget will include 8% salary increases for all elected officials, except the Highway Superintendent, who is scheduled to receive a 6.4% raise. Town Supervisor – 2023 salary $32,400, 2022 salary $30,000 Town Council – 2023 salary $9,180, 2022 salary $8,500 Town Clerk/Tax Collector 2023 salary $31,056.38, 2022 salary $28,756.00 Town Justices – 2023 salary $22,461.84, […]

If you have questions, this is the time to ask them. 2023 TENTATIVE BUDGET. The Preliminary Budget is the Public Hearing subject. It was not available as of Oct. 27.  Wednesday, November 2, 2022, 6:00 PM      Public Hearing on Preliminary Budget Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 5:30 PM          Special Meeting to Adopt Final Budget

By John T. Ryan Peru, October 13, 2022 – Wage increases are impacting Peru, especially in the town highway department. At last night’s meeting (October 13, 2022), the town board accepted equipment operator Jason Burl’s resignation. Supervisor Brandy McDonald commented, “Unfortunately, this won’t be the last. There are more coming up, possibly two more.” Later […]

Call Meeting To Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call 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).  MOTION:  Approval of Minutes for the Public Hearing and the Regular Town Board Meeting of September 26, 2022. Community Input. MOTION/DISCUSSION:  Approval […]

The Board: Approved payment #7 of $137,097.93 to P & H Senesac for its lagoon removal work at the wastewater treatment plant. Approved payment #1 of $247,020.26 to Luck Brothers Construction for Elm Street sewer line replacement work. Approved payment #3 of $215,131.75 to Luck Brothers Construction for the Telegraph Road culvert replacement project. Approved […]

Peru – October 6, 2022 – The Peru Town Board is formulating the 2023 town budgets. The General Budget workshop look place last evening. The salaries workshop will be held on Wednesday, October 19th at 6 p.m. The Budget Review Workshop on Wednesday, October 26th at 6 p.m.. The Public Hearing on the Preliminary Budget on November 2nd […]

The Budget Workshop scheduled for Tonight at 6 PM will be changed to Monday, October 3 at 6 PM.

Peru Gazette story will follow AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 26, 2022 @ 6:00 PM Call Meeting To Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call MOTION:  Approval of Minutes for the Town Board Regular Meeting of September 12 and Special Meeting of September 19, 2022 Community Input. MOTION/DISCUSSION:  Approve P & H Senesac Lagoon Project […]

By John T. Ryan Peru – September 22, 2022.  Town Board Meeting. At Councilman Rick Barber’s recommendation, the town is looking into selling three properties. They include the Jenkins Street tennis court, a 42-acre parcel adjacent to Brand Hollow Rd. that the town once used as a sludge lagoon, and a 6,200 sq. ft. property […]