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Vol. 15, No. 2
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SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
Lloyd drops Planning Board chairman
Lloyd
Ethics
chair
removed
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Mark Reynolds
Dave Plavchak (standing) questioned the Lloyd Town Board on why he was not reappointed to the Planning Board.
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Most annual town reorganization
meetings are short, uneventful and
even a bit routine, as the Town Board
approves a series of motions that sets
the days for certain governmental
meetings, designates what banks the
town will use in the coming year,
approves the standard reimbursement
rate for business miles and affirms base
salaries for a host of town positions,
to name just a few. Last week’s
reorganization meeting in Lloyd,
however, was anything but routine, with
the first moment of discord coming
when the new Democratic majority
voted not to reappoint Dave Plavchak
to the Planning Board. The 3-2 vote
went along party lines with Democrats
Claire Winslow, Mike Guerriero and
Joe Mazzetti voting no and Republicans
Paul Hansut and Lenny Auchmoody
voting yes. Plavchak has served on the
Planning Board since 2010 and chaired
it starting in January 2016. Following
this vote Scott McCarthy was appointed
to the Planning Board, also along party
lines by a 3-2 vote.
Plavchak asked the board for an
explanation.
“I am trying to get reasons as to
why you want to change an incumbent
Planning Board member to not be on
the Planning Board,” he said.
Mazzetti said the appointment
process is being properly followed, with
the Town Board deciding if a particular
person is to be appointed or not.
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At last week’s Lloyd reorganization
meeting, a motion made by Councilman
Joe Mazzetti to reappoint Jill Indelicato to
a three-year term on the Board of Ethics
failed to receive
a second, which
removes
her
from the board.
Indelicato
has
long
served as the
Chairperson of
this volunteer
board.
E t h i c s
Board member
Raphael Diaz
asked
the
Jill Indelicato
board
why
Indelicato was
not reappointed.
“I’ve worked with her, she’s a great
chairperson, she was prepared and did all
of her homework. She’s a real asset to the
community and the work she did on the
Ethics Board,” he said. “No politics ever
entered in and why is she just not being
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