“The Supervisor did not ensure that the Town’s accounting records and reports were complete, accurate, up-to-date or timely. The bookkeeper generally recorded check disbursements in a timely manner. However, during our review of 2019 check registers, we found two exceptions where handwritten checks for workers’ compensation in the amount of $34,022 and a health … [Read more…]
“” read the FOI results PDF State of New York Comptroller 17 September 2020.
November 23, 2021 Planning Board Amp Solar Decommissioning Plan for Oak Hill Solar + Storage. Annotated with questions and clarifications PDF July 23, 2020 Duanesburg Town Board Meeting Decommissioning Agreement Oak Hill Solar 1, LLC located at 13590 Duanesburg Road, Delanson, NY 12053 Tax Map 74.00-2-5 in Town of Duanesburg NY with David … [Read more…]
Read the April 23, 2020 Town Board Agenda PDF on the Town of Duanesburg website PILOT Agreement attached to April 23, 2020 minutes. PDF on Duanesburg Neighbors website. Who wrote PILOT? Read the minutes on Town of Duanesburg website April 23, 2020 Minutes PDF. April 23, 2020 Town Board Meeting Minutes PDF … [Read more…]
“On Thursday night, the Duanesburg Town Board enacted a moratorium on major solar installations, excluding recently approved projects, while some residents complained they had requested a moratorium before large arrays were okayed. Lynne Bruning and her mother, Susan Biggs, have brought an Article 78 proceeding, seeking to annul the Duanesburg Planning Board’s September site-plan … [Read more…]
“New York State has put into place tax exemptions to encourage development of renewable energy, which played out last week in Duanesburg, a rural Schenectady County town, that granted payments in lieu of taxes, or PILOTs, for two solar farms. New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act requires 100 percent carbon-free electricity by … [Read more…]
“The Town Board has adopted a six-month moratorium on large-scale commercial solar energy development to give town officials time to consider whether changes are needed to the solar law it adopted in 2016. The unanimous action, taken at a Town Board meeting Thursday, comes amid opposition to two five-megawatt solar arrays proposed by Eden … [Read more…]
“Critics of a proposed solar farm have been granted a two-week reprieve to study a proposed payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement to be executed with the developer. The town board voted on Thursday to postpone a vote on the deal until Jan. 9 after getting an earful from local residents contending the project will harm their property … [Read more…]
“DUANESBURG — With some residents worried about the number of large-scale solar energy projects that have been approved by this rural town, the Town Board may place a six-month moratorium on project approvals while it revises its solar law. The Town Board will hold a public hearing on the proposed moratorium at 7 p.m. … [Read more…]
“”FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On October 16, 2019, property owners Susan Biggs and her daughter Lynne Bruning, represented by attorney Douglas H. Zamelis, filed an Article 78 proceeding with the Schenectady County Supreme Court. The suit names the Town of Duanesburg Planning Board, solar developer Eden Renewables, and landowner Richard Murray. Biggs seeks to annul … [Read more…]