Southern Ulster Times May 08 2019

T IMES SOUTHERN ULSTER Vol. 16, No. 19 3 MAY 8 - 14, 2019 After more than a decade of neglect, a committee of the Town of Marlborough has released a plan that will breathe new life into the more than 40 year old TOMVAC building, located on Route 9W in Marlboro. Previously, after the Town Board decided to sell the building, residents voted overwhelmingly to keep and rehabilitate the aging structure for use as a community/recreation center. The TOMVAC Revitalization Committee, headed by co-chairs and town councilmen Scott Corcoran and Howard Baker, met for the past few months to decide on what they would like to see improved, both inside and outside of the building. The Committee consisted of Vinny Mannese, Celeste Ricciardone, Tom Corcoran, George Salinovich, Diana Henry, Joe Desole, Bill Woodward and Marie Toombs. Phil Bell, of Bell Engineering, took ONE DOLLAR Huskies edge VC Page 36 SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL Plans for TOMVAC unveiled By MARK REYNOLDS [email protected] 3 the committee’s input and developed a floor plan and cost estimate for the work. QuES&T also developed a Visual Mold Assessment and Remediation Plan for the building. The plan shows two major rooms – one at 2,550 sq/ft and a second, where the garage now is, at 1,269 sq/ft. Ringing these two are a series of smaller meeting rooms, kitchens, closets, storage areas, an ADA compliant handicap main entrance along with completely new men and women’s Continued on page 3 F ormal A ffair Marlboro Seniors held their prom last Friday at Villa Venezia in Middletown. A few of them gathered at the Newburgh Waterfront for photos prior to the event. CHECK OUT OUR NEW WEBSITE - WWW.SUTIMESONLINE.COM Secretary appointment causes rift in Lloyd By MARK REYNOLDS [email protected] Last week’s Lloyd Town Board meeting went along smoothly until it hit a snag on a resolution to appoint a new part-time typist for the Water and Sewer Department, run by Administrator Adam Litman. With Councilwoman Claire Winslow absent, the tie vote of 2-2 failed to pass the measure; Councilmen Joe Mazzetti and Mike Guerriero voted yes for the part time hire while Supervisor Paul Hansut and Councilman Lenny Auchmoody voted no. Auchmoody pointed out that money was set aside in this year’s budget to move the position from part-time to full-time. He said long-time Water/ Sewer Department employee Christine Giangrasso, “felt that she didn’t want to be laid off, so she resigned.” He said the resolution that was on the agenda was to replace her with a part-time person, saying this was not only unfair to Giangrasso but the afternoon phone calls to the Water Department would be routed to the Building Department, which would certainly add additional work for them. Mazzetti said he was “confused” by Auchmoody’s comments because the position has been part-time for seven years. The resolution called for a replacement to work the same part-time hours and the board could expand the hours if and when that was needed, “but right now if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Continued on page 4