T IMES
SOUTHERN
Plattekill
Town Board
approves sale
of library
building
By STACIA DONALDSON
At the October 2 Plattekill Town
Board meeting, Board members passed
a resolution allowing the Plattekill
Public Library to purchase the building
and property in which it currently
resides from the Town of Plattekill. The
property, located at 2047 State Road 32 in
Modena, has been the subject of on-going
negotiations between the Plattekill Public
Library and the Town of Plattekill since
2016. Recently, all parties came to an
agreement. According to the newly passed
Town of Plattekill Resolution #12 for 2019,
the library building and property will be
sold to the Plattekill Public Library for a
sum of $275,000.
The Plattekill Public library first
inquired about the possibility of
purchasing the building and grounds
in 2016. At the April 20, 2016 meeting
of the Plattekill Town Board, a letter,
sent to Town Board by Library Director
John Georghiou on behalf of the library
trustees, inquired about the possibility
of purchasing of the library building. A
high demand for meeting spaces at the
library, compounded with limited room in
the library building, has made the library
trustees look for ways to better utilize its
current location. Details regarding the
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