Schoharie County Appoints Members to Emergency Services Boards

By Chris English

SCHOHARIE COUNTY — The Schoharie County Board of Supervisors appointed members to several fire and other emergency services related boards at the Friday, Jan. 2 organizational meeting.

Fifteen people were appointed to the Schoharie County Firefighter Assist and Search Team (FAST), to serve at the pleasure of the BOS and without compensation. They are: Thomas Buel of Conesville, Michael Boomhower of Gallupville, Matthew Clark of Cobleskill, Cody Whittaker of Cobleskill, David Kamp of Cobleskill, C.J. Peterson of Cobleskill, Harley Hagadone of Cobleskill, Curtis Smida of Carlisle, Eric Stanton of Carlisle, Joseph Fisher of Cobleskill, Baileigh Behan of Cobleskill, Glenn Robinson of Conesville, Paul Briggs of Carlisle, Kyle Ewington of Conesville and Tyler Munger of Central Bridge.

Appointed to the Schoharie County Hazardous Materials Team, to serve at the pleasure of the BOS and without compensation, were: Aaron Filmer of Cobleskill, C.J. Peterson of Cobleskill, Floyd Seales of Richmondville, Joseph Fisher of Cobleskill, Richard Hildebrandt Jr. of Huntersland, David Kamp of Cobleskill, Thomas Darcy of Broome, Tarkan Ceng of Jefferson, Matthew Ramo of Esperance, Anthony LaTorre III of Broome; and Matt Furlong, Charles Kuhn and Roger Kopas of Richmondville.

Appointed to the Schoharie County Search and Rescue Team were: Gregory Baxter of Carlisle FD, Tyrone Mitchell of Richmondville FD, Mike Walsh of Huntersland FD, Richard Hildebrandt Jr. of Huntersland FD, Floyd Seales of Richmondville FD, Aaron Filmer of Cobleskill FD, Mike Griffin Jr. of Schoharie FD, Debra Daly of Carlisle FD, Larry Daly of Carlisle FD, C.J. Peterson of Cobleskill FD, Curtis Smida of Carlisle FD, Judyth Tiffany of Broome FD, Kenneth Tiffany of Broome FD, Mike Kossow of Broome, Brad Mattice of Carlisle FD, Amber DeLaet of West Fulton, Kathryn Brisley of Schoharie, Ken Testa of Huntersland, Michael Weber of Central Bridge, Matthew Ramo of Esperance.

Other appointees to the Search and Rescue Team: Olivia Marine of Central Bridge, John Jurcek of Broome, Steven Underwood of Central Bridge, Tierra Bueb of Central Bridge, Matt Furlong of Richmondville, Charles Kuhn of Richmondville, Cheyenne Conway of Richmondville, Erick Kenney of Schoharie, Christopher Schroeder of Richmondville, Justin Davis of Richmondville, Devan Smida of Carlisle, Justin VanAlstyne of Central Bridge, David Kamp of Cobleskill, Cora McAllister of Cobleskill, Bryan Houstan of Huntersland, Ethan Trombley of Middleburgh, Dorothy Fessell of Richmondville and Debrann Mazaras of Schoharie.

Under another resolution approved by the BOS at the Jan. 2 meeting, the following were appointed to the Schoharie County Fire Coordinator Fives Team: William Bivona Jr. of Jefferson, Brian Largeteau of Esperance, Joseph Nelson of Middleburgh, Elizabeth DeJoy of Blenheim, Raymond Buel of Conesville, Thomas Buel of Conesville, Jason Wayman of Broome, Matthew Brisley of Schoharie, Scott Johnson of Central Bridge, Gregory Baxter of Carlisle, Amy K. Wayman of Broome, Antonia Triumpho of Cobleskill, Curtis Smida of Carlisle, Andrew Tator of Cobleskill and Matthew Defer of Esperance.

Appointed to the Schoharie County Community Services Board for terms running from Jan. 1, 2026 through Dec. 31, 2029 were Colleen Quiron, Susan Emerson and Constance Burroughs.

Assignments to the various committees of the Board of Supervisors were also handed out at the Jan. 2 meeting. All the committees hold monthly public meetings at various times and days of the week.

Committee makeups for 2026 are Economic Development (fourth Thursday of month, 4 p.m.): Chair Werner Hampel, Members Donald Airey, Jeffrey Haslun, Alex Luniewski, Sandra Manko; Energy (as needed): Chair Donald Airey, Members Werner Hampel, John Leavitt, Sandra Manko, Alicia Terry; Extension, Agriculture, Conservation (first Tuesday, 3:30 p.m.): Chair Alicia Terry, Members Mark Fletcher, John Leavitt, Alex Luniewski, Earl VanWormer III; Finance, ARPA (Wednesday prior to BOS meeting each month following Personnel): Chair Alex Luniewski, Members Margaret (Peggy) Hait, Jeffrey Haslun, Sandra Manko, Benjamin Oevering; Historical (second Tuesday, 6 p.m.): Chair Sandra Manko, Members Roger Gural, Werner Hampel, Jeffrey Haslun, Ben Oevering; Human Services (second Tuesday, 4:30 p.m): Chair Earl VanWormer III, Members Donald Airey, Roger Gural, Werner Hampel, Philip R. Skowfoe Jr.; Hydro Resource Management (fourth Thursday, 5 p.m.): Chair Ben Oevering, Members Donald Airey, Philip Skowfoe, Alicia Terry, Earl VanWormer, John Youmans.

Also: Infrastructure (first Tuesday, 6 p.m.): Chair John Youmans, Members Mark Fletcher, Jeffrey Haslun, John Leavitt, William M. Smith III; Law Enforcement, Judicial (first Tuesday, 5 p.m.): Chair John Leavitt, Members Mark Fletcher, Peggy Hait, William M. Smith, John Youmans; Personnel (Wednesday prior to BOS meeting each month, 4:45 p.m.): Chair Jeffrey Haslun, Members Peggy Hait, Alex Luniewski, Sandra Manko, Ben Oevering; Public Health/Housing (second Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.): Chair Donald Airey, Members Roger Gural, Werner Hampel, Philip Skowfoe, Earl VanWormer; Radio, Emergency Services, Employee Safety (first Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.): Chair Peggy Hait, Members Mark Fletcher, John Leavitt, William Smith, John Youmans; Rules, Audit (as needed): Chair Peggy Hait, Members Roger Gural, Alex Luniewski, Ben Oevering, Philip Skowfoe; Solid Waste (second Tuesday, 3:30 p.m.): Chair Philip Skowfoe, Members William Smith, Alicia Terry, Earl VanWormer, John Youmans.