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Winters announces runfor Amenia town supervisor

Winters announces runfor Amenia town supervisor

Paul Winters announced his candidacy for Amenia Town Supervisor on Friday, Jan. 3.

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AMENIA — Accepting a request from the Amenia Town Republican Committee, councilmember Paul Winters announced on Friday, Jan. 3, his candidacy for the position of town supervisor. The election will be held in November.

Winters has served several town committees and other local volunteer endeavors. Since January of 2024, Winters has been serving as a councilmember on the Town Board.

Volunteer service positions include ten years, beginning in 2010, of coaching youngsters playing with the Amenia Minors team. Winters has been an active member of the Amenia Lions Club since 2014.

Between 2021 and 2024 Winters concurrently served on two town committees, the Recreation Commission and the Wastewater Committee, before his election to the Town Board.

In a statement announcing his candidacy, Winters detailed short and long-term town accomplishments and goals to harness the innate energy and innovation which he senses amongst Amenia’s residents.

In the past year, Winters cited progress in attempts to lower the average age of town committee volunteers. Plans to build a new town garage are moving ahead.

Goals to be pursued, Winters said, include attracting new business opportunities, addressing town employees’ pay scales, initiating term limits on the Town Board, and working to change the community’s demographics to a lower average age, achievable through offering affordable and workforce housing opportunities for younger families.

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