NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, Pursuant to Article 41, Sections 1660, Paragraph 11 of the NYS Vehicle and Traffic law that all Town roads in the Town of Orwell, New York, County of Oswego, are temporarily closed to any vehicle with gross load in excess of five (5) tons per axle. Under this restriction, effective immediately, once signs are posted on the roads, no vehicle with gross weight in excess of five (5) tons per axle will be permitted to operate on Town roads in the Town of Orwell, effective until May 1, 2022.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Public Hearing will be held by the Town Board of the Town of Orwell on the 17th day of March, 2022 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. 1 of 2022 which provides for the regulation of junk storage in the Town of Orwell.
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.
The Orwell town board will hold a special meeting on Monday, January 31, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. at the Orwell Town Hall, 1999 County Route 2, Orwell, New York, for the purpose of discussing the town water system and nitrates, and any other such business as may be properly brought before the board.
The town of Orwell received notice that the sample collected at the town hall on January 20, 2022 showed nitrate levels in excess of the nitrate standard. Nitrates in drinking water is a serious health concern for infants less that six months old.
See the notice (following) on what you should do, what it means, what happened, and what is being done.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Public Hearing will be held by the Town Board of the Town of Orwell on the 13th day of January, 2022 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. 1 of 2022 which provides for the regulation of junk storage in the Town of Orwell.
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.
The Oswego County Health Department will hold a COVID vaccination clinic at the Williamstown Fire Station on Thursday, September 9, from 5:00 – 7:30 p.m. This clinic will offer the Pfizer vaccine, for first, second, or third doses.
If this is your first dose, you will be scheduled for your second dose on Thursday, September 30, also at the Williamstown Fire Station.
As the past year has shown, reliable access to broadband internet is no longer a luxury. Covid-19 forced many aspects of our daily lives online; virtual learning, working from home, online shopping, telemedicine, and simply staying connected with those we care about. It has also shown how prevalent the digital divide is in parts of Central New York.
To help address this issue, the Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board (CNY RPDB) has partnered with Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, and Oswego Counties to complete a study that will identify areas within each County that lack access to reliable broadband internet. Assisting with this study is ECC Technologies, a private consulting firm based in Rochester, NY that has a successful history of working with counties and municipalities across Upstate New York to identify and solve broadband internet access issues.
As part of this study, ECC Technologies has created a website and survey material that will allow us to collect data about broadband access in the region, called the Broadband Availability and Adoption Toolset (BAAT). The BAAT survey is being used to reach residents and businesses to learn about their current internet access issues, service reliability, and the affordability of their internet access options.
A website with the community survey launched on Friday April 30th and will run through July 31st. The survey is accessible on any device with internet connection.
The confidential information collected from this survey will be used to identify areas in the County most in need of improved internet access service. The information will also provide the basis for developing a plan to improve broadband internet access in Oswego County and across Central New York. The plan will be completed by October 2021.
Please feel free to contact the CNY RPDB at (315) 412-5966 for assistance in filling out the survey over the phone or to request a survey be mailed directly to your home or business.
Thank you for being an important part of this initiative. Your assistance in helping to facilitate community engagement in the survey will provide the basis for improving broadband internet service in the Central New York. Please feel free to contact the CNY RPDB, if you have any questions about the survey and the broadband internet study.
The town of Orwell will hold its organizational meeting on Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 7:00 p.m., with the regular January monthly meeting following.
This meeting will be conducted exclusively via Zoom, with no in-person component.
The public is welcome to attend this meeting. It can be accessed via this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85661892901 or via Zoom at this meeting ID: 856 6189 2901 (no password) or by phone: 929.205.6099; meeting ID: 856 6189 2901 (no password) Long distance charges may apply.
In compliance with New York State open meetings law and applicable executive orders, the town of Orwell will conduct a practice session for Zoom in anticipation of conducting the Tuesday, December 29 meeting via Zoom.
Although there may be, at any given time, a quorum of the town board in this practice session, the meeting will not be called to order and no business will be conducted except familiarization of participants with how Zoom works.
The public is welcome to observe this session, which can be accessed via this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89100460027 or by accessing Zoom and using this meeting ID: 891 0046 0027 (there is no password for this session) or by phone: 929.205.6099; meeting ID: 891 0046 0027 (no password)
The town of Orwell will hold an end-of-year meeting on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. This meeting will be conducted exclusively via Zoom, with no in-person component.
The public is welcome to attend this meeting. It can be accessed via this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87986974895 or via Zoom at this meeting ID: 879 8697 4895 (no password) or by phone: 929.205.6099; meeting ID: 879 8697 4895 (no password) Long distance charges may apply.
