Minor Electrical Repairs Needed in Summit

By Karen Cuccinello

SUMMIT — The regular October Summit town board meeting opened as usual precisely at 7pm and included a moment of silence for Charlie Kirk.

The highway superintendent was not in attendance but it was mentioned that he gave the Board an inventory of equipment, the roads to be oil and graveled were done and the 550 is in service.

There were no additional comments from the Board pertaining to supervisor or department reports.

The report from Dog Control Officer, Jillian Smith, listed seven issues; the main one being a loose dog that could not be caught on Bear Gulch Rd.

The Board of Appeals, Chairman John Foote, submitted a report listing the reasons they denied a request for a variance to build a house and garage on a one acre Mud Lake Rd. property. One of the reasons for the denial was that it is a non-conforming lot under five acres.

The Town Clerk, Allison Wilson, listed activities handled over the past 30 days: 26 dog license renewals, two building permits, three building permit extensions and two searches, eight hunting/fishing licenses, one genealogy search, one dog redemption fee and four handicapped parking permits.

Assessor Dave Jones reported all is going smoothly

Code Enforcement Officer, Jesse Wilcox, reported he is keeping up with the usual building inspections and training classes.

Historian, Karen Cuccinello, reported she received a 1936 list of Summit Registered Voters and old photos from Jefferson then posted some on the Summit History Facebook page, figured out where a photo of a house (2850 State Rte. 10) was and wrote about the owners then posted on FB page and mentioned doing a program about Old Summit Farms on September 19.

Georgia Shafer reported that the Revitalization Committee is making progress.

Bookkeeper Charley Spickerman and Supervisor Harold Vroman mentioned that they attended a workshop pertaining to the updated Schoharie County website.

The town hall had an inspection that found some electrical issues needing to be rectified. Some outlets need to be replaced and additional outlets need to be installed so that there will be no need for power strips. Work should be done by December at a cost of less than $1,000.

A date was set for a budget workshop on October 9 at the town hall 7pm. All are welcome to attend.

The board and Dave Jones went into executive session at 7:15pm.

Next board meeting October 16 at 7pm.