Wallkill Valley Times Sept. 11 2019

Vol. 37, No. 38 3 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 3 ONE DOLLAR Viking girls win 4 staight Page 39 w w w .W V T I M ESON L I N E . c om VC board weighs three propositions Ducks on the pond By TED REMSNYDER With the Valley Central School District seriously considering a second public bond referendum vote before the end of the year, the Board of Education has scheduled a special work session at the Valley Central Administration Building at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 25 to discuss the details of a proposed referendum package. During the session, which will precede the regular board meeting (postponed from Monday) the administration is expected to present the board with options for a new referendum proposal that could potentially include three propositions for taxpayers to eventually cast votes. The special session will take place one hour before the council’s regular meeting next Wednesday. Representatives from the CSArch architectural firm, the company the district hired to design the original referendum package, will be present at the meeting to help detail the new proposal. On Aug. 20, residents voted down the district’s first $22.7 million bond referendum package by an airtight 30-vote margin. During the board’s Sept. 9 meeting, Valley Central Superintendent John Xanthis noted that the district’s working concept for a second referendum proposal could feature three props for voters to decide on. The first proposition could include safety items that the district deems vital, including the renovation of the High School-Middle School complex parking lot. The second proposition would then include additional infrastructure Continued on page 4 Gary Ayd Three hundred plastic ducks were launched on the Wallkill River at Montgomery’s Benedict Park on Saturday. The Duck Derby was a fund- raiser for the Valley Central Scholarship Council. Story on page 27. Galaxy Ltd. moving closer to construction By LAURA FITZGERALD Galaxy Limited, a potential light industrial site in Maybrook, is moving closer to construction. At a Maybrook village board meeting on Aug. 26, Donald Liloia, Senior Vice President of Facilities and Business Development, told the board the project is close to submitting a full Environmental Assessment Form, the first step in the planning board approval process. “We will remain both committed and excited and hopefully we’ll see something this fall that we can present to you in greater detail,” Liloia said. Project developers hope to announce the first end user this fall, Liloia said. Galaxy Limited, LLC plans to build an industrial park on 70 acres of rail-side property in Maybrook that could support up to 880,000 square feet of industrial and commercial space with direct access to rail, according to section one of the project Environmental Assessment Form Continued on page 4 SERVING CRAWFORD, GARDINER, MAYBROOK, MONTGOMERY, PINE BUSH, SHAWANGUNK, WALDEN AND WALLKILL