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Approved minutes of Peru Town Board’s Regular May 23rd meeting

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Approved minutes of Peru Town Board’s May 23 Public Hearing

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Approved minutes of the Peru Town Board’s May 9th meeting

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AGENDA PERU TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING JUNE 13, 2022 @ 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 Public Hearing of May 23, 2022 and Town Board Regular Meeting of May 23, 2022. Community […]

Peru faces major sewer system and highway expenditures

Sewer system upgrade cost to increase by up to $1,178,551 Telegraph Road culvert replacement estimated at $1.7 million Agreement reached for Walking Trail property purchase Shade coming for dog park users Performance stage roof being installed at Heyworth-Mason Park Street sweeping slowed by parts unavailability   By John T. Ryan   The Monday, May 23, […]

Approved Minutes of Peru Town Board’s April 25, 2022 Meeting

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Peru Town Board Public Hearing Monday

AGENDA – PUBLIC HEARING 202-b PROCEEDINGS (Click here for Peru Gazette details) MAY 23, 2021, 5:45 PM  Call Meeting To Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call MOTION:        To Open the Public Hearing.  DISCUSSION: Community Input and Questions MOTION:         To Close the Public Hearing.  MOTION:       Adjourn

Agenda – Peru Town Board Meeting of May 23, 2022

 1. Call Meeting To Order Pledge of Allegiance  Roll Call MOTION/DISCUSSION: To Accept Late Reports for April from Departments: (Dog Control and Court). MOTION: Approval of Minutes for the Town Board Regular Meeting of May 9, 2022. Community Input. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Adopt  202b Proceedings/Public Interest Order Resolution  RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Adopt the Amended and Restated Bond Resolution  MOTION/DISCUSSION: […]

Up go the banners

Peru May 20, 2022 – Peru Water-Sewer-Parks Department personnel Luke Fessette, Chris Martineau, and Kaleb Martineau are erecting our community’s 116 Home Town Hero Banners today. They’re moving quickly to erect all 116 banners before Memorial Day. If they aren’t able to complete the job today, they’ll finish it next Friday. The Peru Highway Department […]

Approved Minutes of Peru Town Board’s April 11, 2022 Meeting

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Peru Town Board Meeting of May 9, 2022 – Peru Gazette report will follow

 

A portion of Elm St. is closed on May 10th.

Town of Peru will be closing a portion of Elm Street @ 53 Elm Street tomorrow May 10th  from 9 am till 2 pm for sewer line repair. There will be NO through traffic during this time.  

Following the funding for water projects

This story is a few days old, but it’s an excellent story. Source: Following the funding for water projects

NY State Water Infrastructure Awards 2021 by Region | Environmental Facilities Corporation

North Country EFC has awarded more than $37.5 million to North Country municipalities. The investment is projected to contribute 2,378 jobs to the North Country economy and save North Country localities an estimated $97.4 million. Search: Applicant County Project Cost Estimated Grant Award Alexandria Bay, Village of Jefferson  $11,288,000   $3,000,000  Beekmantown, Town of Clinton  $6,662,503   $3,000,000  Brownville, Village of Jefferson  $16,348,500  […]

Peru awarded almost $1.9 million

Assemblyman Billy Jones: Over $9 million in state funding coming to Assembly District 115 for water infrastructure projects “North Country towns and municipalities are working hard to ensure that all North Country residents have access to clean water, but they need state support to make necessary repairs to the infrastructure. Today the awardees of the […]

Maiden Lane Closed Tuesday

Rifenburg Construction will close Maiden Lane from Buttonbrook to the Woodland Drive intersection on Tuesday, April 5th from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. to work on the sewer line.   There will be no thru traffic INCLUDING Emergency Vehicles.  

Approved minutes of Peru Town Board’s February 28, 2022 Meeting

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Following the funding for water projects

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Highlights of the Peru Town Board Meeting of March 14, 2022 

Youth Director John Flynn told the board that registration for Peru’s summer sports program would begin on March 15th.  According to the Peru Sports and Youth Program Facebook page Registration for all activities can be found online at townofperu.recdesk.com. Activities under the Clinton County Program include tball, baseball, and softball, as well as our summer […]

Peru Town Board Regular Meeting of March 14, 2022 – Peru Gazette story will follow

 

Approved minutes of Peru Town Board’s January 28, 2022 Special Meeting to approve truck purchase

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Highlights of the Peru Town Board’s February 14, 2022, Regular Meeting 

By John T. Ryan The board appointed Ashley Akey and Alexis Grennan to the Peru Youth commission following an executive session. During the regular meeting, Supervisor Brandy McDonald said the board would be changing the Youth Commission’s By-Laws.  Town Clerk Dianne Miller reported that 2022 tax collections went very well. Fourteen residents took advantage of […]

Town Depts. Closed for 2 Hours Monday

All Town of Peru Departments will be closed from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Monday, February 7th for mandatory Training at the Peru Fire Department. 

Wastewater treatment plant bids, Elm St. sewer line bids, expensive culvert and bridge projects and walking trail extension news

By John T. Ryan  The Peru Town Board’s made several important decisions and discussed several import issues at its recent meetings. They include preparing construction bids for wastewater treatment plant upgrades, preparing bid specifications for Phase #2 of the ongoing sewer line upgrade project, the possibility of paying for an expensive Telegraph Rd. bridge and […]

EMERGENCY STREET CLOSURE – Birchwood Drive between McDonald and School Streets

The Town of Peru Water & Sewer Department will be closing Birchwood Drive between McDonald & School Street, today Monday, December 20th  til approx 4 pm to fix a water line break. There will be NO through traffic including Emergency vehicles during that time period.