JEFFERSONVILLE  — The Town of Callicoon reviewed bids for stone, asphalt, sand, heating fuel, mowing and trash hauling at their meeting on Monday, April 14. The winners of the bids will be announced at next month’s meeting on May 12. 

Additionally, Supervisor Tom Bose announced that the Spring Cleanup will be held on three consecutive days: Thursday, May 1 (7 a.m. to 5 p.m.), Friday, May 2 (7 a.m. to 5 p.m.), and Saturday, May 3 (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.). Their paper shredding event will also be held on May 3, from 9:30a.m. to 12:30p.m.

Bose said, “We didn’t have [the shred day] last year because the shred truck was booked up, we couldn’t get a date to work for us,” so he is expecting twice the amount of materials that need to be shredded this year.

Highway Superintendent Ryan Bose said he’s been busy fixing a few spots on dirt roads, cutting downed  trees and changing the oil in some machines to prepare for the summer. Last week, he picked up the town’s new Ram truck from Robert Green Auto and Truck. Bose said he would like to put the 2017 Ford 350 that it’s replacing on auction. 

Supervisor Tom Bose said the property owner of an unsafe building agreed to hire a contractor to have it removed by next month. Bose also listed two locations that were essentially “junkyards”- properties filled with old vehicles and clutter- one in Jeffersonville and one on C. Spielman Rd, “that’s getting worse and worse.” 

Supervisor Bose also announced the recent passing of Walter McKeen, who served as Town of Callicoon Town Justice from 1976 until 2008. Mckeen was also active in the community as a member of Lake Huntington Volunteer Fire Department, the Jeffersonville Ambulance Corps, a Cubmaster of Pack 106, a member of the Jeff Lions Club, and a member of the Jeffersonville- Youngsville Central School Board. Councilman Charlie Schadt, who worked with McKeen, said, “Walter taught me how to be a judge.” 

Touching up on 

tipping fees

Sullivan County Legislator Cat Scott, who was in attendance, addressed the issue of flow control and the increase in tipping fees for garbage disposal.

“The flow control [law] has been on the books for awhile now, and with the increase in tipping fees, they’ve noticed that there’s been less [garbage] coming in, so they’re just letting everyone know that there will be enforcement of the flow control,” she said. 

This came just a few days after the Sullivan County legislature agreed to more rigorously enforce the flow control law, which mandates that trash generated locally must be brought to a local disposal location.

“How are they planning on enforcing it?” asked Town of Callicoon Attorney Marvin Newberg, who explained that when he was County Attorney and tasked with enforcement of the flow control, he was unable to enlist law enforcement to follow the garbage trucks travelling out of the county.

Scott responded that she’s been in contact with the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office and that they think garbage is being dropped off in Orange County, NY, and Wayne County, PA. 

“We’ve put out a letter to all of the haulers just letting them know that enforcement…will be happening,” Scott said. She went on to say that tipping fees are at $136.50 per ton right now at Sullivan County transfer stations and that the current fee reflects the cost to the county. 

“It’s a complicated issue and nobody’s happy about any of it,” Scott concluded.