Author: Melissa

At Tuesday’s monthly meeting, Town Supervisor Michael Ferrara and the Town Board unveiled a proposed new $13M Host Community Agreement with Seneca Meadows Inc. landfill.

The new agreement is completely contingent on the Department of Environmental Control (DEC) decision to allow SMI to expand their landfill operations. Town Board members were given a copy of the HCA, a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding, and a copy of the Power Point Presentation (MOU). The presentation provides an overview of the HCA. The Board will consider approving the HCA at the September 5 Regular Board meeting.

All documents from last night’s meeting are available on the Town’s website, Fingerlakes1.com and in the Town Clerk’s Office. The public has over 30 days to review the HCA, MOU, and the presentation.

The highlights of the proposed host agreement were presented to the board and attendees include:

Odor control management

Third Party reporting of odor complaints

Investigation of complaints by SMI and a Town Employee trained in odor detection

Multiple measures that SMI will need to implement to remedy the situation

The Town of Seneca Falls Planning Board and Town Board will have the authority to review complaints and if needed, “pull” SMI’s permit that will be issued after the Board’s review of SMI operations

No construction vehicles or garbage trucks doing business with SMI will be allowed in the “Downtown” area of Seneca Falls

SMI will collect the Town of Seneca Falls’ garbage for free and not charge any “tipping” fees to the Town

SMI will not charge the Town for sludge disposal from the Town’s Waste Water Treatment Plant

One Million ($1m) signing bonus when the Town officially approves the HCA if the DEC gives SMI a new operation permit

Two Million ($2m) signing bonus when the Town issues the necessary permits for the Planning Board and the Town Board

Ten Million ($10m) financial contribution to the Town on an annual basis based on a charge of $4.00 per ton of solid waste collected

Total financial payment to the Town of Seneca Falls will be over $175,000,000.00 over the fifteen (15) years of the operation permit

Reserve funds would be set up that could potentially lower taxes for over 30 years, infrastructure improvements for water, sewer, and drainage just to name a few

Links: Town of Seneca Falls Presentation – Proposed Host Community Agreement

Town of Seneca Falls & Seneca Meadows Inc. – Proposed Host Community Agreement

Town of Seneca Falls & Seneca Meadows Inc. – MOU

Town Supervisor Ferrara joined ‘Women March in Seneca Falls’ for the march and rally in support of making the Equal Rights Amendment the addition to the U.S. Constitution over the weekend. Joining the festivities were Governor Hochul and Attorney General Leticia James among the headliners for the kickoff celebrations.

At the rally, Supervisor Ferrara presented a resolution to Women March in Seneca Falls’ Susan Schuermann and Adrienne Emmo. The resolution commemorated this historic anniversary of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention in conjunction with the Centennial celebration of the first time the ERA was proposed and revealed in Seneca Falls in July 1923 by Alice Paul at the First Presbyterian Church.

New York Attorney General Leticia James & Town Supervisor Michael Ferrara deliver remarks at 175th anniversary Convention Days.

Ferrara presented Governor Hochul with a Resolution celebrating the 175th anniversary of the Convention containing the resolutions drafted in 1848 which followed the Declaration of Sentiments. Hochul is the first woman Governor of the State to have been elected in 2022 and the Honorable Leticia James became the first female to hold the title of NY Attorney General in 2018.Also in town were U.S. Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO) leading the charge for Generation Ratify; Anne Fuller, Granddaughter of Crystal Eastman; Coline Jenkins, Great-great granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton; Kate Kelly, 2023 ERA Convention Lead Organizer & Author/Ordinary Equality; Pooja Dharma/Generation Ratify; Julie C Suk, Author/We the Women & After Misogyny; Alyssa Hunt & Rachel Rupison, Alice Paul Institute; Eleanor Smeal, Feminist Majority; Zakiya Thomas, ERA Coalition/Fund for Women’s Equality; Carolyn Maloney & Christian Nunes, NYS & National NOW; Ana Dobrot, Co-author/2020 Youth Declaration of Sentiments.

Photo Gallery: 175th Anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention & 100th Anniversary of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment; July 21-23, 2023.

July 21, 2023 – Seneca Falls, NY, 2023 – Governor Kathy Hochul delivers remarks at Women’s March ERA Rally to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention. (Mike Groll/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul)

July 21, 2023 – Seneca Falls, NY, 2023 – Governor Kathy Hochul delivers remarks at Women’s March ERA Rally to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention. (Mike Groll/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul)

July 21, 2023 – Seneca Falls, NY, 2023 – Governor Kathy Hochul delivers remarks at Women’s March ERA Rally to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention. (Mike Groll/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul)

July 21, 2023 – Seneca Falls, NY, 2023 – Governor Kathy Hochul delivers remarks at Women’s March ERA Rally to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention. (Mike Groll/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul)

July 21, 2023 – Seneca Falls, NY, 2023 – Governor Kathy Hochul delivers remarks at Women’s March ERA Rally to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention. (Mike Groll/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul)

July 21, 2023 – Seneca Falls, NY, 2023 – Governor Kathy Hochul delivers remarks at Women’s March ERA Rally to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention. (Mike Groll/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul)

Governor Hochul speaks at Women March in Seneca Falls rally in Seneca Falls. Credit: Finger Lakes Daily News, Greg Cotterill.

Please take notice that the Town Board of the Town of Seneca Falls will conduct a Special Meeting at the Town of Seneca Falls Municipal Building, 130 Ovid Street, Seneca Falls, NY on Thursday, the 27th of July 2023 at 12:00 PM for the purpose of considering a resolution to bond a project for water improvements and distribution improvements at the Town’s Water Treatment Plant, at an estimated maximum cost of Seventeen Million, Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($17,700,000). NICALETTA J. GREERTown ClerkTown of Seneca Falls, New York

or Perhaps you prefer to watch such movies as “A League of Their Own” instead? Whatever your preference for this American past-time indicative of summer, come see the Ladies Vintage Baseball team from Genesee Country Village & Museum play a game 19th century style! Where?

An 1868 version of women’s baseball will be played on Saturday, July 22 in Seneca Falls.

You can catch the game this Saturday, July 22 at 2:00 pm behind the historic Elizabeth Cady Stanton House at 32 Washington St, Seneca Falls, NY. No tickets required.

For more info, https://buff.ly/3PWiGRW or contact the Women’s Rights National Historical Park at https://buff.ly/2tLitWu.

This weekend will mark the 175th anniversary of the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls. Multiple organizations throughout town will offer a variety of programming from July 21-23. You don’t want to miss this historic event! 2023 Convention Days Schedule of Events

ERA Centennial Convention

It’s A Wonderful Life Museum

Women’s Rights National Historical Park

National Women’s Hall of Fame

NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLETED ASSESSMENT ROLLfor 2023

Notice of filing completed Assessment Roll with the Town Clerk(Pursuant to Section 516 of the Real Property Tax Law)

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Sole Assessor for the Town of Seneca Falls, in the County of Seneca, for the year 2023, has completed and certified the Assessment Roll. A certified copy thereof, was filed with the Town Clerk for the Town of Seneca Falls, 130 Ovid Street, Seneca Falls, N.Y., on the 1st day of July 2023, where the same will remain open to public inspection during regular business hours.

Dated: July 1, 2023Deborah L. Von WaldAssessor

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