News and Notices

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

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

Proposed Local Law No. 2 of 2023 – tax levy limit override

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