The Peru Gazette

The Town of Peru’s Town Board has scheduled a Special Meeting for Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at 4:00 PM at the Peru Town Hall. The purpose of the meeting will be to award a bid for a wastewater treatment upgrade and purchase a 2025 dump truck.

By John T Ryan If all goes as planned, the 7 Jenkins Street tennis courts will soon be private property.  At its Monday, March 10 meeting, the town board declared the property surplus and will list it for sale as soon as the market value is determined. In 2016, residents proposed repairing the courts for […]

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; Banking Reports, and JCEO); MOTION: Acceptance of Minutes for the Regular Meeting of January 27, 2025. Community Input. DISCUSSION: C & S Companies February 5, 2025, […]

Peru, NY January 29, 2025— Several contractors (local, downstate, and VT.) attended the Wastewater Treatment Plant pre-bid meeting this morning at the Peru Town Hall. AES Northeast, the town’s contracted engineering firm, filled them in on the contract details and responded to questions. The regulations contractors are required to follow are mind-boggling. None of them […]

Peru, NY—The Saturday, January 18, Press-Republican legal page included a request for bids for upgrades to Peru’s wastewater treatment plant.  After contractors submit bids on February 25, it will be up to the town board to decide if the town can afford all the work envisioned or must reduce the project scope. Deficiencies in the […]

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The Town of Peru Town Board has scheduled a Work Session for Tuesday, January 7, 2025, at 4:00 PM.  The purpose of the workshop is to discuss the wastewater treatment project. The Workshop will take place at The Peru Town Hall.

By John T Ryan  Peru, NY, December 30, 2024 – At this morning’s Town Board meeting, a C&S Engineering Project Status Report of the Telegraph Road bridge project elicited an opinion no one wanted to hear. Highway Superintendent Michael Farrell told the board today, “The mussel study set the project back. With bid-letting scheduled for […]

By Melissa Hart Peru, NY – Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024 – Peru Girl Scout Troop #4183 members toured the water treatment facility on Reservoir Road tonight. Water district superintendent Courtney Tetrault explained where our water comes from and walked the girls through how it is treated and delivered to our homes. Special thanks to Courtney […]

Call Meeting to Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call  MOTION:  Acceptance of Minutes for the Regular Meeting of November 12 and Special Meeting on November 14, 2024.  Community Input.  DISCUSSION:  Christmas Tree Lighting Details. DISCUSSION:  Tax Collection Hours/Schedule. DISCUSSION: Signature for Warranty Deed for Orchard View Phase II Roadway and Detention Area. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:  Approval of […]

Peru, November 21, 2024 – This week, St. Augustine’s Knights of Columbus Council 7273 delivered twenty-one new children’s winter coats and twelve pairs of boys’ and girls’ boots to Peru Central’s Primary and Intermediate Schools. School Nurse Kathy Bedard thanked the Knights, stating, “We know kids who need coats. Thank you so much for doing […]

The 11th Annual Town-Wide Tree Lighting & Holiday Festival will be held on Saturday, December 14th, at the Town Hall, 997 Mason Street, Morrisonville, from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.  Continuing the town’s tree-lighting tradition (started in 2014), this year’s event will be held at the Town Hall and grounds, with plenty of space for […]

November 12, 2024, Town Board Meeting Highlights:  Acting on Highway Superintendent Michael Farrell’s recommendation, the board (5-0) accepted a portion of Washington Street, part of Phase II of the Orchard View Development. The town will be responsible for its maintenance. A few months ago, the property changed hands. The board hopes the project will advance, […]

November 19, 2024 – Peru’s Water-Sewer-Parks Department personnel Luke Fessette, Mathew Houser, and Christopher Martineau erect Holiday Banners on Peru’s primary streets today. They always do it with a flourish. It’s time for everyone to get into the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday spirit. Courtney Tetrault provided the photos. Thank you! 

The Town of Peru Town Board has scheduled a Workshop for Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at 4:00 PM. The workshop will discuss the wastewater treatment project and will take place at the Peru Town Hall.

New York political leaders announced today that North Country Communities had been awarded $51 million in water infrastructure grants.  The state awarded Peru $16 million: $5,000,000 for a water systems improvement project and $11,087,515 for wastewater treatment plant unit process and disinfection upgrades. The projects receiving grant assistance are as follows: Town of Champlain, $5,477,500 […]

Peru – October 24 – Yesterday, Peru Water/Sewer/Parks Department personnel continued replacing 18-inch lead (gooseneck) connectors with brass connectors and galvanized pipe with plastic pipe along North Main Street.  Department Superintendent Courtney Tetreault said, “I believe the NYS Department of Transportation (DOT) plans to pave this street either next year or the following year, so […]

Peru, NY  At the Peru Town Board’s Thursday, October 10 meeting, the board presented a 2025 preliminary budget exceeding the 2% tax cap by $114,000. Six days later, at a Wednesday, October 16 workshop, Supervisor Craig Randall announced that after lowering budgeted contingency spending, including a more accurate sales tax estimate, utilizing fund balances, and […]

Peru Town 2025 Budgeting Schedule: Wednesday, September 18, 2024, 5:30 PM       Highway Budget Workshop Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 5:30 PM       Water/Sewer/Valcour Workshop Wednesday, October 2, 2024, 5:30 PM             Salaries/General Workshop Thursday, October 3, 2024, 5:30 PM – Special Meeting to Present Tentative Budget Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 5:30 PM    […]

The Peru Town Board has scheduled an Emergency Meeting. Monday, August 19, 2024, at 5:30 PM at the Peru Town Hall. The purpose of the meeting is to pass a resolution for the transfer of funds and discuss the immediate financial needs of the Highway and Water/Sewer Departments. Approved Minutes added 1/15/25 – Minutes 2024-08-19-EM

On Monday, August 12, 2024, at the Peru Town Board meeting, Councilman Eric Duquette and the board thanked Courtney Tetrault, Mike Farrell, and their personnel for working together last week to dredge the town’s water reservoir. Dredging the reservoir has been planned for several months. Tetreault drained it, and then, following heavy rainfall, the reservoir […]

Craig Randall is officially the Peru Town Supervisor Paying for Peru’s immense infrastructure needs is a challenge  Peru, NY, August 13, 2024—Last evening, the town board conducted a moment of silence for Greg Timmons, Peru’s longtime Water-Sewer Superintendent. Deputy Supervisor Jim Douglass, who chaired last evening’s meeting, said the massive turnout at Greg’s funeral showed […]

Dear Water District customers: The Town of Peru water district must comply with the EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule Revision (LCRR). This is an EPA-issued regulation detailing how communities must address lead within their public water supply. To help comply with this regulation, we ask that all water district customers fill out the survey being […]