Town Of Red Hook: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWN OF RED HOOK - Preliminary Budget

Press release from the Town of Red Hook:

October 18, 2021

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

TOWN OF RED HOOK 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held by the Town Board of the Town of Red Hook on October 28, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. local time, to hear all interested persons on a preliminary budget for the 2022 calendar year for the Town of Red Hook. 

Due to the ongoing COVID pandemic, the Town Hall is closed to the general public except by appointment until further notice. Pursuant to NY Laws of 2021 Chapter 417, the public will not be permitted to attend in person. Board members are expected to participate in the public hearing via teleconference or video conference. Please refer to the meeting agenda to be posted on the Town website at https://www.redhook.org listing the specific link which will allow the public to view and listen to the proceedings live, which is expected to be available at www.pandatv23.org (click on “WATCH live”). 

All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard as follows: (1) The public is encouraged to submit written comments by email or telephone in advance of the hearing to townclerk@redhook.org and 845-758-4606 by 4:00 p.m. the day of the hearing. Please note “Preliminary Budget 2022. (2) Written comments may be dropped in the Town’s drop box in advance of the hearing at the Town Hall, 7340 South Broadway, Red Hook, New York 12571 by 4:00 p.m. the day of the hearing. Please observe the recommendations of the CDC regarding distancing and use of masks. (3) All comments so received in advance of the hearing will be noted in the hearing record. Interested persons may also comment by email or telephone to supervisor@redhook.org and 845-758-4622 on the date of the hearing from the time of opening the hearing until the close of the hearing. 

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that copies of said preliminary budget are available for inspection by any interested party during the Town Clerk’s office hours by appointment only, Monday through Friday from 9:00 am 4:00 pm at the Town Hall, 7340 South Broadway, Red Hook, New York 12571, and on the Town’s website www.redhook.org. 

The compensation to be paid to the following officers is as follows: 

Supervisor $32,575 

Town Board Member (each) $ 9,175 

Town Clerk $58,798 

Town Justices (each) $18,806 

Highway Superintendent $69,054

By order of the Town Board of the Town of Red Hook, dated October 14, 2021. 

Deanna Cochran 

Town Clerk Town of Red Hook

This press release was produced by the Town of Red Hook. The views expressed here are the author’s own.