We were certainly expecting a lot warmer start to May. Enough rain has come that the burn ban lifting this week shouldn’t make for many brush fires. Mowing lawns and beautiful flowers will soon be in full bloom. I want to thank everyone that came out on a rainy clean-up day. Every little contribution in making our Town better is greatly appreciated.
Our May meeting on May 12th at 7pm features two public hearings: Site Plan Review and Battery Energy Storage System moratorium. Site Plan Review has come up about every twenty years and it is possible that it will be adopted this time around. Battery Storage is certainly new, and the technology is ever evolving. Some of what is proposed is still being perfected and so here we are trying to protect our Town of Hebron from the unknown. This may or may not be a lively discussion in either case, but I hope people are interested enough to attend.
The highway barn is basically completed, we are down to the finishing touches to meet all codes and get our Certificate of Occupancy. Outgoing Board Members, Paul Sokol & George Flint were certainly a big help in this project, one I would not have wanted to tackle without them. I’m going to be thanking them often for their contributions to the Town of Hebron. They certainly have made their mark in the future of Hebron. Paul was an invaluable project manager on behalf of the Town. He gave an incredible amount of time and effort to this project. It is a much better finished product, at a price we were able to afford, than if Paul wasn’t on deck when he was needed most.
I really want to thank the entire Town Board for the foresight, initiative, and the ability to follow through on what has been the biggest Town project since our current Highway Barn was built approximately sixty years ago. For those who have not followed along, this was a $1.5 million project that will cost our taxpayers about $300,000 in fund balance when we realize all of our reimbursements on the money we have spent. It took time and effort, as well as creative thinking and financing to not raise taxes to accomplish this building project. We expect this is a Highway Garage that will last for at least sixty years and our taxpayers can take pride in, as well as our employees. It was built with a lot of safety measures, environmental concerns, fiscal responsibility, efficiency, and ease of maintenance. Let’s hope we accomplished what we set out to do. Thanks again to Paul Sokol, and the entire Town Board.
Brian R. Campbell, Hebron Town Supervisor