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of our nation’s resolve and its mission,”
he said. “We must not dissolve our
relationships with our nation’s allies, our
relationships across the [political] aisle,
our relationships with our communities
and our relationships with our neighbors
and our relationships with those who
have chosen to protect us.”
Miller said we should focus on
our similarities instead of seeing the
differences.
“As Americans we must support
our nation, respect that conflict, when
handled properly, strengthens us.
Continue to support our military and fly
the flag of the United States of America,
not that it makes anyone more patriotic
than the next, but shows our unity as a
nation,” he said.
Lloyd Police Chief, Daniel Waage,
recalled that during his military service,
he had the opportunity to travel around
the world.
“I’ve seen some beautiful places. I’ve
seen some not so beautiful places, but I
can tell you there’s no place like the United
States,” he said. “The United States gives
out opportunities like no other place does.
I was a poor kid in Brooklyn and today I
am the Police Chief in an upstate town; I
don’t know if that opportunity would be
anywhere else.”
Chief Waage said Americans could
not forget 911, “even if we chose to,
but let’s not forget the acts of heroism
committed by Americans on that day
and the days that followed because it is
at times like this that the United States
of America is in no short supply of
heroes...Let’s not forget the Policeman
who joined emergency services and fellow
Americans in a common goal that day in
running into danger when most would
run away because Americans needed
their help. These heroes did it because it
was Americans helping Americans with
no thought of race, creed or political
preference but that they were Americans.
I believe this kind of American spirit lives
on in all of us.”
Fire Chief Peter Miller said striking a
fire bell is a, “custom of rendering final
honors that has its origin in the Fire
Department of New York.” He said as far
back as 1865 fire alarms were dispatched
by a system of bells and telegraphs. He
said there are five strikes made four times
on the honor bell. The first set of five
strikes signifies that the assignment and
duties are done by the firefighter. The
second five strikes are in memory of the
departed firefighter and the third five
Lloyd calculates water
and sewer capacities
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A steel artifact that was salvaged from
the remains of the World Trade Center has
been erected in front of the Police and Fire
Departments in memory of all who died on
September 11, 2001.
strikes is a tribute to the firefighter’s life.
The final fourth series of five strikes is in
honor of the firefighter’s service.
“It is with regret and honor that we
honor the passing of our faithful servants
from the fire department of the FDNY; 343
firefighters died on the day and 204 since
of 911 disease. We also honor the 23 Police
Officers who died on 911 and the 241 who
have died since of 911 disease,” he said.
2nd Assistant Fire Chief James
Anzalone performed the ringing of the
honor bell with all standing in respect.
A call and response of Taps was
performed by Buglers Across America,
Joseph Avampato and Peter Maroldt,
as white doves were released by Leo
Bozydaj. Jessica Avampato followed by
singing “God Bless America.”
Fr. Lynch offered a final Benediction,
concluding, “For all the people of this
great nation who have suffered physically,
emotionally, economically, mentally or
spiritually because of these acts of terror;
Bring them consolation, we pray to the
Lord, Lord bring us peace.”
Supervisor Hansut, who chose not to
run for re-election, said, “I personally
would like to thank you for attending.
This will be my last as Town Supervisor.
It has been a true honor to lead this town
and I have a lot of good memories.”
Hansut praised the Police and Fire
Departments, the Lloyd Veterans Post
and the Ladies Auxiliary, thanking them
for everything they have done for the
community.
“This is a great town and we in the
Town of Lloyd will never forget 911. God
bless you all,” he said.
it may take when you have to go to a
second shift. Right now all the water that
is produced in a day for the average daily
usage by the public is produced in a single
shift by the plant staff.”
In his Water Capacity Report,
Jurkowski highlighted his conclusions
in two “pie” charts. The first one shows
that in a single 8 to 10 hour shift, with two
filters running, the town can produce 1.05
million gallons per day, which includes
the wells. He said the average daily flow
in 2018 totaled 502,790 gallons per day.
“We’re running at about 48% of
capacity of that single shift of what we’re
able to produce in a day,” he said.
Jurkowski acknowledged that the
town has approved several development
projects and others are in the process of
being reviewed – Mountainside Woods
is in construction and Dollar General is
completed - which will require additional
capacity. Others under consideration are
the Views, the Village of the Hudson
Valley and Falcon Ridge. He said if
these are approved the town will need
to produce an additional 207,305 gallons
per day, “of what we are considering
dedicated capacity.”
Jurkowski said when you add all of
this together, “it leaves 32%, or 339,906
gallons per day, that is available for future
expansion or build-out in the district.” He
said this amount of water would be able
to provide water for 600 new homes.
Jurkowski acknowledged that if the
town needed more water than these
figures, based on the existing water
facility, a second shift would have to be
added at the department. He said that
if the current number of projects were
approved the town could hit their ceiling
by 2025.
“It’s coming up pretty soon. Keep in
mind we are talking about replacing the
existing filtration system and putting in a
new [water] storage tank, so that way we
can deal with these new improvements as
well,” he said. “But if something were to
happen where that project doesn’t take
place, at least the information is here
before the Town Board.”
Jurkowski’s 2nd pie chart shows totals
when running two shifts with three filters
at the water plant.
“That provides for a capacity of 2.1
million gallons per day,” he said.
Jurkowski said original design of the
water plant put the overall capacity at 3
million gallons per day, “but over time
because of inefficiencies of the filtration
system as it ages, the efficiency within
the clarifiers, the sand beds and so forth,
that efficiency drops off dramatically. So
that’s why we’re looking at a full build-
out and utilizing a number of 2.1 million
instead of the original design capacity of
3 million gallons per day.”
Jurkowski said the current filters are
at the end of their useful lifespan.
“They’re beyond 30 years and
technology has changed, regulations
have changed as far as the EPA and the
Department of Health, so it is time to look
toward replacing them as a whole,” he
suggested.
Jurkowski said he did a similar study
of the town’s wastewater capacity. He
pointed out that the wastewater plant
was upgraded several years ago and has
a current capacity of 1.75 million gallons
per day.
“Right now, based on the 2018 flow,
we’re just about at 1. 1 million gallons per
day on average. That represents about
63% of the total capacity of that facility,”
he said.
Jurkowski said he added the
dedicated capacity of 207,305 gallons per
day for projects “in the queue or are
currently being built and that results
in approximately 25% of the available
capacity being there for future growth
within the existing district or the district
extension, of 441,695 gallons per day;
again pretty significant.”
Jurkowski said according to DEC
and the Department of Health, once the
facilities “get to a point where they are
utilizing 85% of their design capacity, it’s
at that point that they require the town to
look actually at making improvements.
In our case we’re not going to hit that
threshold; the threshold we’re going to hit
is the useful life of the equipment itself
and that’s the problem we’re running into
with the water facility.”
Jurkowski said it is difficult to
determine what improvements are needed
because it is not known exactly where in
town development will take place.
“That’s when the other feasibility
reports come into play, to see what takes
place and what is required regarding
improvements in the infrastructure
and how is that going to be dealt with
as far as developers paying for that
infrastructure,” he said.