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Orwell town board budget meeting Tuesday, October 15, 2024 cancelled
The 2025 budget meeting of the Orwell town board scheduled for Tuesday, October 15, 2024 has been cancelled.
The next budget meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. at the Orwell town hall, 1999 County Route 2, Orwell, New York.
Final 2024 assessment roll posted
The final assessment roll for 2024 has been posted to the town website, and is available on the Documents and Forms: Reports webpage.
New phone number for all town offices
Effective immediately, the phone number for all town offices is 315-634-2246.
Legal notice – Orwell town board meeting Tuesday, November 28, 2023, 7:00 p.m., water project
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: The Town Board of the Town of Orwell will be holding a special meeting on Tuesday November 28th at 7pm at the Town Hall located at 1999 CO RT 2, Orwell NY to discuss finalizing the bond resolution increase and bids received for construction of the water project.
By order of the Orwell Town Board
Amber Wilson
Town Clerk
November 17, 2023
Legal notice – preliminary budget public hearing 7:00 p.m. Thursday, November 14
LEGAL NOTICE:
TOWN OF ORWELL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING on the preliminary budget for the Town of Orwell for the fiscal year 2024.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the preliminary budget for the Town of Orwell, County of Oswego, New York, for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2024 is available and filed in the Office of the Town Clerk in Orwell, New York, where it may be inspected by any person during regular business hours.
FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Town Board of the Town of Orwell, will meet and review said preliminary budget and hold a Public Hearing thereon at said Town at 7 pm on Thursday, November 14, 2023, and at such hearing any persons may be heard in favor or against the preliminary budget as compiled for or against any item or items therein contained.
PURSUANT TO SECTION 108 OF TOWN LAW, the proposed salaries of the
following Town Offices are specified as follows:
Supervisor $17,004
Councilmen(4) $ 3,732 each
Town Clerk $12,444
Justice $ 8,598
Highway Superintendent $57,135
Dated October 26, 2023
Amber Wilson
Orwell Town Clerk
Legal notice – seasonal roads
The following roads in the Town of Orwell are designated seasonal roads. These roads will not be maintained, and the Town will discontinue snow and ice removal effective December 1st, 2023 until April 1st, 2024.
The roads that will not be maintained are as follows:
• Beecherville Road from County Route 2 to a turnaround at Bill Hort’s camp. A distance of 2.8 miles.
• Carpenter Road from Beecherville Road to turnaround at blacktop. A distance of .675 miles.
• CCC Road from turnaround to reservoir a distance of .415 miles.
• Dam Road from County Route 2 to iron bridge. A distance of 1.585 miles.
• Dam Road from Pipeline Road to iron bridge. A distance of .10 miles.
• Falls Road from turnaround at blacktop to Dam Road. A distance of .56 miles.
• Wright Road from Pipeline to Pine Meadows Road. A distance of .97 miles.
Dated: October 26, 2023
By order of Douglas C. Henry
Orwell Highway Superintendent
Thursday, October 12, 2023 budget meeting cancelled
The 2024 budget meeting scheduled for Thursday, October 12, 2023 has been cancelled. The next budget meeting will be Thursday, October 19, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
Public hearing – Local law to override tax levy limit for 2024
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
TOWN OF ORWELL
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Public Hearing will be held by the Town Board of Trustees of the Town of Orwell on the 24th day of October, 2023 at 7:00 P.M. at the Municipal Building, 1999 County Route 2, Orwell, New York 13426, to consider the following:
Adoption of Local Law No. 2 of 2023 which would permit the Town of Orwell to adopt a Town budget for (a) Town purposes (b) any other special or improvement district governed by the Town Board for the fiscal year 2024 that requires a real property tax levy in excess of the “tax levy limit” as defined by General Municipal Law § 3-c.
Copies of the proposed Local Law are on file at the Office of the Town Clerk and may be inspected during regular business hours. Parties may appear at the hearing in person or by agent.
BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD
Amber Wilson
Town Clerk
Dated: October 4, 2023
Orwell town board special meeting Tuesday, August 15, 5:00 p.m. – re library board of trustees
LEGAL NOTICE
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: The Town Board of the Town of Orwell will be holding a special meeting on Tuesday August 15th at 5pm at the Town Hall located at 1999 County Route 2, Orwell, New York to discuss the approval of the library board of trustees.
By order of the Orwell Town Board
Amber Wilson
Town Clerk