BALLSTON SPA, August 18 – The Saratoga County Board of Supervisors has gone on record as supporting the re-privatization of the New York Racing Association (NYRA), which administers Saratoga Raceway, as a not-for-profit corporation, by the end of 2015.
Read the entire article in the 08-27 edition.
MECHANICVILLE MAY 27- Water Treatment Plant Supervisor John Zullo reported that the reservoir as of Wednesday morning was down 2 feet below normal. Rainfall for the year is about 6" below average. The rain on Wednesday afternoon was about an inch so the reservoir is still down 5". As of Wednesday morning May's rainfall had been .4" compared to 2.2" last year.
Read the entire story in the June 4th edition.
BALLSTON~SPA, February 24 – The February business meeting of the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors, meeting later than their usual third Tuesday, had the following items on its agenda recommended by the Law and Finance Committee.
(At that point, a resolution generally is anticipated to be passed. The business meeting votes take place after this newspaper's press time.)
Read the entire article in the March 5th issue.
STILLWATER AUGUST 21- In public comment, Village of Stillwater Trustee and Deputy Mayor John Basile, who is a negotiator along with Deputy Town Supervisor John Murray in discussions of the recent GE settlement, mentioned that the first payment by Village on the US Department of Agriculture issued loan of $85,000 is coming due. Without agreement on how to distribute the funds between the Town and the Village, he said water bills will cost EDU water rent for each of the users in the Village, which amounts to $110, paid twice yearly.
Read the entire article in the Sept. 11th issue of the Express.
Folks may sometimes wonder what their supervisor does up there (or down) in Ballston Spa, besides what he or she does in the home community.
Most are assigned for each year to several standing committees, as well as a few regularly-meeting ad hoc committees, most of which meet once a month, usually during daytime.. In addition to their regular assignments, as they can find the time, but also to keep up with areas of county operations of perhaps particular interest, supervisors may sit in on other committees ñ but not vote. Any number of non-members may be seen on the sidelines of committee tables in any month.
Entire article in the January 9th issue of the Express.