By Mark Reynolds
Lloyd Supervisor Dave Plavchak gave his monthly update on the Tillson/Toc realignment project. He said recently the contractor has been working to see where some water was impacting the project and found that it was due to a $50,000 insert valve that was put into an 18 inch line a month ago and was not working properly. He said the subcontractor came back and put in a new valve and tie-ins followed.
“That will finish us as far as the water line tie-in, which was the major portion of the water,” he said. “Getting through that was good because we were chasing the ghost with it; it’s unfortunate but we’ve done that.”
Plavchak said the contractor poured footings for the new piers, which are to be put in by late September or early October. He said the actual road will sit on these and cross the Twaalfskill Creek.
“I know it’s still a lot of inconvenience for a lot of people and I personally have a birds-eye view of it and see the work every day, he said. “It is a big job and they’re working to get it done and I think everyone will appreciate it when it’s finished.”
Board Orders Clean Up
Building Department Director Dave Barton spoke to the board about the dumping that has taken place at 69 North Road. The owners listed on the Ulster County Parcel Viewer are George and Susan Macentee. He said the male owner of the property is in a nursing home and the female half has thrown the daughter and son-in-law off the site when they were in the process of cleaning up the property. Barton said his department paused any further action since it was being cleaned up but eventually issued a notice of an unsafe building, put a plaque on the door and mailed a notice to Susan Macentee telling her that the property must be remediated.
“I’ve had no response from the female half and we don’t know where she lives because it’s not in that [69 North] building and we are now at the point where we have to do something,” he said, noting that this property has been cited for garbage and debris numerous times since 2012.
The Town Board passed a resolution, ordering that the property be cleaned up. After a 30 day waiting period, the town can actually act, which will be on or about September 20.
“Fortunately the companies that we have on standby to do the cleanup on the property can go at any time and can get them on the site whenever the 30 days lapses,” Barton said. “It’s long overdue. The daughter and son-in-law were doing the right thing until it sort of blew up.”
The cost of the remediation will be invoiced to the property owner and failure to pay the amount in full in a timely manner will be assessed against the site property taxes.