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New year brings changes to Mamakating Town Board

Samantha Montagna - Reporter/Photographer
Posted 1/20/20

WURTSBORO — The first meeting with a brand-new town board kicked off with a bang last week with many new changes being announced.

Janet Lybolt, the new Town Board Supervisor, announced the new …

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New year brings changes to Mamakating Town Board

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WURTSBORO — The first meeting with a brand-new town board kicked off with a bang last week with many new changes being announced.

Janet Lybolt, the new Town Board Supervisor, announced the new town hall ward meeting schedule. Members of the six wards of Mamakating will be able to speak to their representative on various scheduled dates at town hall (2948 Route 209, Wurtsboro, NY 12790).

All meetings will begin at 6 p.m. The ward maps are available on the Town Board's page on mamakating.org.

Eileen Rogers, the councilwoman for Ward 1, will head the first of the meetings on January 27, 2020 with her second meeting on July 27. The other meeting dates are as follows:

Gary Forthoffer, councilman for Ward 2: February 6, 2020 and August 6, 2020.

John Lacey, councilman for Ward 3: March 13, 2020 and September 25, 2020.

James Carney, councilman for Ward 4: April 15, 2020 and October 14, 2020.

Thomas Morrow, councilman for Ward 5: May 11, 2020 and November 9, 2020.

John Crudo, councilman for Ward 6: June 19, 2020 and December 7, 2020.

Lybolt noted that these meetings will allow each representative to meet with “people [of their wards] on a one-to-one basis and have the opportunity to discuss problems” in their neighborhoods. All are encouraged to attend and participate.

Lybolt also announced a new contract with the Humane Society of Walden. Currently, Mamakating has contracts with the humane societies in Liberty and Port Jervis. Lybolt noted that this third contract would be beneficial to place lost dogs in case Liberty and Port Jervis do not have any room. She also expressed concern about being able to place dogs with the chance for their owners to find them quickly.

This contract was later criticized when Lybolt was asked why the board went to Orange County instead of using Sullivan County shelters. Rock Hill was brought up specifically since the shelter there is close to Mamakating.

Councilman James Carney, said that Rock Hill does “not accept municipal dogs without a contract.” Kathi Roemer, a town resident, asked again why Liberty was the only shelter that could be used in Sullivan County. Lybolt noted that the town had a contract in the past with Walden that was beneficial.

Two bigger changes were shared at the meeting: the hearing to dissolve the Mamakating Ethics board and the reinstatement of the snow removal contract. Both these changes will be discussed further in upcoming articles.

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