Village of New Paltz

Please click here to view the Planning Board agenda.

The regularly scheduled meeting of the Village of New Paltz Planning Board will be held Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 7:00 pm, at Village Hall, 25 Plattekill Avenue. Use the entrance adjacent to the former fire department garage bays. Kindly note that the agenda is subject to change. If you have questions or comments: planningzoning@villageofnewpaltz.org.

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Eligible Village of New Paltz customers to be compensated for premature termination of an electricity supply contract by Columbia Utilities Power, LLC

The following notice applies to our residents and small businesses that participated in the CCA electricity supply contract with Columbia through July 18, 2022.

Our municipality participated in a community choice aggregation (CCA) electricity supply program through Hudson Valley Community Power (HVCP) with the program’s previous electricity supplier Columbia Utilities Power, LLC (Columbia), from July 2021 until the contract ended prematurely in July 2022.

All the municipalities participating in Hudson Valley Community Power (HVCP), and the program administrator Joule Assets, have come to a legal settlement with Columbia to compensate HVCP program participants for the premature termination of the electricity supply contract. The Public Service Commission also intervened in support of the legal case.

All HVCP participants enrolled through the program end date in July 2022 will receive compensation. Checks for approximately $50 will be mailed to eligible participants starting April 18, 2025. These checks will be void after 90 days, on July 17, 2025, as per the court’s order. The void date will be clearly indicated on each check.

Background:

• Hudson Valley Community Power launched in July 2019, providing customers with renewable electricity, reducing the communities’ carbon footprint, and supporting clean energy resources in New York State.
• Columbia Utilities Power, LLC served as the electricity supplier for HVCP from July 2021 until the program’s early termination on July 18, 2022.

Details regarding customer compensation:

Eligibility:

• Every residential or small commercial account holder enrolled in the CCA electricity supply program as of July 18, 2022, will receive a check for each participating utility account.
• Participants who opted out before the program ended or never participated will not receive a check.

Compensation Amount:

• Every eligible account holder will receive a check for each participating utility account, for approximately $50.
• Final amounts will depend on the number of recipients therefore checks could be a little more or a little less than $50.

Timeline:

• April 18, 2025: Checks will be mailed to eligible participants.
• July 17, 2025: Checks will be void after 90 days.

For information and updates visit www.hudsonvalleycommunitypower.com or call the settlement administrator at (844) 804-4105.

Please click here to view the Board of Trustees agenda.

The regularly scheduled meeting of the Village of New Paltz Board of Trustees will be held Wednesday, March 26, at 7pm, at Village Hall, 25 Plattekill Avenue. Use the entrance adjacent to the former fire department garage bays. Kindly note that the agenda is subject to change. Comments may always be sent to comments@villageofnewpaltz.org

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Watch the meeting on the Village YouTube channel, and subscribe for live meeting notifications.

PUBLIC NOTICE

VILLAGE OF NEW PALTZ SPRING CLEAN UP

The Village of New Paltz will hold its annual Spring Cleanup from April 7, 2025 through April 18, 2025.

Collection for residents who live on streets north of Main Street will begin on April 7, 2025 and end on April 11, 2025. Collection for residents who live on streets south of Main Street will begin on April 14, 2025 and end on April 18, 2025.

Village trucks will pick up bagged yard waste in biodegradable bags ONLY and brush, wood, no more than 4 tires per household, batteries, small appliances, metal, 2 mattresses per residence and furniture.

Please do NOT place items in the street.

The Village will NOT pick up any closed paint cans, tar buckets, closed metal or plastic containers containing any liquids, electronics or any household trash/ garbage.

Bleu Terwilliger, Superintendent of Public Works
Village of New Paltz

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We look forward to hosting our Government Efficiency Planning Meeting and Presentation on Tuesday, April 29th at 7pm at Village Hall at 25 Plattekill Ave. The consultant we hired, Laberge Group, will be joining to give a presentation on the process.

The Village of New Paltz Board has resolved to explore the option of dissolution of the Village government, which would result in absorption of governance and services by the Town of New Paltz. The Village has received a New York State Citizen Reorganization Grant (CREG) to fund the development of the Dissolution Plan.

Please join us in person, watch from home, or rewatch later. We are looking forward to engaging our community to ask thoughtful questions to help us flesh out a promising plan.

If you would like to participate in the meeting via Zoom click here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86094807712?pwd=0fLSu8Q8FAERJzzeTz8VVA2GYtv7Fe.1

Dial-in: +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) | Meeting ID: 843 0825 9927 | Passcode: 506255

Meetings may also be viewed on the Village YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwFFe8fJSmBzh10DPOy0btQ

We have created a dedicated web page describing the process, that will include regularly updated info and documents: https://labergegroup.com/newpaltz/

• PB24-07 (147-149 & 151 N. Chestnut Street)
• PB25-04 (81-83 N Chestnut Street)

PUBLIC HEARING
VILLAGE OF NEW PALTZ, ULSTER COUNTY
2025 CFA APPLICATION FOR OFFICE OF COMMUNITY RENEWAL
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS

The Village of New Paltz will hold a hearing on April 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM at Village Hall, First Floor Meeting Room, 25 Plattekill Avenue, New Paltz, New York 12561 for the purpose of hearing public comments on the Village of New Paltz’ community development needs, and to discuss the possible submission of one or more Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) applications for the 2024 Program Year.

The Village provides alternative means of participating in this hearing. Interested persons can participate via Zoom at:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86094807712?pwd=0fLSu8Q8FAERJzzeTz8VVA2GYtv7Fe.1

or by telephone Dial-in: +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) | Meeting ID: 860 9480 7712 | Passcode: 256517.

The Village Board meeting can be viewed on the Village Youtube channel at this link:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwFFe8fJSmBzh10DPOy0btQ

The CDBG program is administered by the New York State Office of Community Renewal (OCR), and will make available to eligible local governments approximately $50 million for the 2025 program year for housing, economic development, public facilities, public infrastructure, and planning activities, with the principal purpose of benefitting low/moderate income persons. The hearing will provide further information about the CDBG program and will allow for citizen participation in the development of any proposed grant applications and/or to provide technical assistance to develop alternate proposals. Comments on the CDBG program or proposed project(s) will be received at this time. The hearing is being conducted pursuant to Section 570.486, Subpart I of the CFR and in compliance with the requirements of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended.

At the hearing the Village will describe types of grant assistance available from the NYS Office of Community Renewal and will seek comments and suggestions from the public as to proposed uses of Community Development Block Grant funds. The types of activities that may be undertaken with Community Development Block Grant program funds may include housing, economic development, public facilities, public infrastructure, and planning activities, with the principal purpose of benefitting low/moderate income persons.

Draft application(s) for Community Development Block Grant assistance including possible Public Infrastructure, Public Facilities and Community Planning applications will be discussed. The Village is considering a 2025 CFA Public Infrastructure application in an amount of approximately $1,500,000 to replace aged sanitary sewer facilities to continue complying with a NYS DEC Order on Consent. The proposed project(s) will primarily benefit low and moderate income persons.

Documents related to the proposed Public Infrastructure project that will be reviewed at the public hearing will be available for public inspection at office of the Village Clerk by request and at the Village website https://www.villageofnewpaltz.org/ on or before April 3, 2025.

The Village of New Paltz will make every effort to ensure that the public hearing is accessible to persons with disabilities. If special accommodations are needed for persons with disabilities, those with hearing impairments, or those in need of translation from English, those individuals should contact Village Mayor Tim Rogers, Village Hall, 25 Plattekill Avenue, New Paltz, New York 12561 845-255-0130 or by email at clerk@villageofnewpaltz.org at least one week in advance of the hearing date to allow for necessary arrangements.

Written comments may also be submitted to Tim Rogers, Village Mayor, Village Hall, 25 Plattekill Avenue, New Paltz, New York 12561 until April 21, 2025.

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Please click here to view the Planning Board agenda.

The regularly scheduled meeting of the Village of New Paltz Planning Board will be held Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at 7:00 pm, at Village Hall, 25 Plattekill Avenue. Use the entrance adjacent to the former fire department garage bays. Kindly note that the agenda is subject to change. If you have questions or comments: planningzoning@villageofnewpaltz.org.

Please click here to join the meeting via Zoom.

To view the Environmental Policy Board agenda: EPB Agenda.