Millbrook has new deputy mayor; village traffic-code change approved

MILLBROOK —  Peter Doro is the new deputy mayor of the Village of Millbrook, appointed by Mayor Tim Collopy at the board of trustees meeting on Wednesday, May 10. Trustee Vicky Contino was thanked for her term of service in the position prior to Doro’s appointment.

St. Joseph-Immaculate Conception Church asked for a public assembly permit for Sunday, June 11, at 1:15 p.m. for the procession in celebration of Corpus Christi. The procession will March up Franklin Avenue and then process back down Merritt Avenue. The permit was approved.

Climate Smart Resiliency Planning was one of the main topics of the meeting and a presentation on it came from Gillian Mathews, the natural resources educator at the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County (CCE).

Mathews discussed the Climate Smart Resiliency Planning Tool (CSRPT), which asks questions about a municipality’s  hazard risk assessment.

Fire department President Matt Rochfort and fire Chief Dominic Boscardin announced that this year’s fire department block party will take place on Thursday, July 6, Friday, July 7. and Saturday, July 8, in front of the Front Street Fire Department, with food, games, a bounce house, music, food and drink. The Dutchess County Volunteer Fireman’s Convention Parade will be on Saturday, July 8, at 6 P.M.

Board of education (BOE) President Perry Hartswick was present, as much discussion has been taking place concerning traffic, parking and school buses, especially on Elm Drive and Alden Place. The outcome of the evening’s discussion is that the mayor and the deputy mayor will work, with input from the public, on proposals for solutions and then will be in touch with the BOE.

A public hearing was opened for any further input on amended proposals to the changes in the Village traffic codes. The changes from April’s meeting per the traffic codes were a one-hour expansion of the on-street snow ordinance, making it no parking after midnight instead of 1 a.m..

The other was to reinstate the hours of no parking on Elm Drive back to 8:30- 9:30 a.m., and 3-4 p.m. The village attorney discussed the need for a SEQR resolution; that done, a resolution was made to adopt the amended Village Code.

The next Village of Millbrook Trustee meeting is on Wednesday, June 14, at 6 p.m. at the Millbrook Fire Department, 20 Front St., or on YouTube.