By Jaime Thomas Firemen expect each other to respect boundaries on and off the job. But a local official brought up a “fireman’s territory issue” at a town board meeting Thursday night. Scott McCullen, fire chief of North Granville Hose Company, wanted to know if the town had any authority over an outside fire department [...]
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Board considering tax-cap override
The town board discussed a local law that would override the state’s tax cap which prevents municipalities from increasing the tax levy by more than two percent in a given year. The board proposed the law at their monthly board meeting on Oct. 12. The law, if it’s approved, would give the town the right [...]
Board increases boundary fees
If you want to change your property boundaries in Whitehallit’s going to cost a little more money. The town board adopted a law to increase the fee to change boundary lines to $50. The service was previously free. The board had approved the law at a previous town meeting and it became effective after last [...]
Town Board oks nuisance law
Board passes ‘public safety, public health law’ The Granville Town Board approved a nuisance law Thursday night, a tool to help convince some residents to take care of issues on their own property that impacts neighbors, officials said. “It’s a public health, public safety-type law,” Granville Supervisor Matt Hicks said. “It’s just basically going [...]
Town tackles employee policies
The town of Whitehall looked to remedy a pair of previous employee situations at its monthly board meeting on Nov. 10. In the first situation, the board looked into the practice of offering retired employees an insurance buyout, something that had been in practice but had not properly been acted upon with a local law. [...]
Longtin case top priority
After introducing Christian Morris to the board, it was time to get down to business. And one thing new Whitehall Town Supervisor Richard “Geezer” Gordon wants Morris, the new attorney for the town, to get resolved is the current litigation against the Longtins.
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