“Town of Duanesburg has prepared and adopted this Fraud Abuse Awareness and Reporting Policy to help protect public assets and prevent fraud and/or abuse of public funds.” read the agenda Town Board Agenda 14 May 2020. UPDATE: 2 August 2021 the above link to May 14, 2020 Agenda no longer works … [Read more…]
“One important tool to assist government officials and the public in making informed decisions regarding a proposed project or a change in zoning laws is SEQRA. Its goal is to motivate government decisionmakers to give meaningful consideration to environmental factors when undertaking or approving projects, activities, or new policies. With a few exceptions, SEQRA’s … [Read more…]
“Since 1975, the Local Government Handbook has provided a brief history and a comprehensive and authoritative overview of our local, state, and federal governments. Now in its seventh edition, this publication is an invaluable tool for citizens, municipal oicials, teachers, students, and anyone who seeks to understand the complexity of state and local government. … [Read more…]
““Thus the general substantive policy of the act is a flexible one. It leaves room for a responsible exercise of discretion and does not require particular substantive results in particular problematic instances.”- Town of Henrietta (1979) But, Courts have repeatedly held that the SEQRA Lead Agency should not defer analysis of project impacts to planning … [Read more…]
“The town has adopted a zoning law intended to promote new farm breweries, cideries and other agriculture-based businesses that could bring visitors to town. It’s part of an effort to both keep the town of 6,100 at the western end of Schenectady County rural and still encourage new small businesses, said Town Supervisor Roger … [Read more…]
“Meadow Blue Community Energy (MBCE), a community benefit society, is celebrating as the 5MWp solar farm near Merston has been connected to the grid. It will generate enough clean solar electricity to power the equivalent of 1,515 local homes . The finance was raised following a popular share offer, which raised more than the … [Read more…]
“We have recently helped secure planning permission for a 30-acre solar farm near Wigan on land owned by Lancashire Wildlife Trust. Owen Pike, associate partner in our planning department acted as consultant on behalf of Solstice Renewables, an award-winning independent solar farm developer, on the Cleworth Hall Farm Solar Park located in the Greater … [Read more…]